Glucose

There are two types of cells that are important to glucose controls, alpha and beta cells. The alpha cells produce glucagon, a hormone that causes the release of glucose from the cell storage sites whenever blood sugar levels are low. The Beta cells produce insulin that allows the body cells to use and store carbohydrates, fats, and protein. The membranes of many cells are against glucose; insulin is like the key that opens the membrane to glucose. This leads to the liver, which is the number…

beginning of this experiment was that various carbohydrates have different rates of respiration by a yeast culture raised on glucose. The differences in time for respiration to peak for the other sugars were due to enzyme regulation called induction. This is the time required for the glucose fed yeast culture to alter its enzymatic machinery to process sugars other than glucose for oxidative respiration. The different rates of respiration for each sugar was measured by the rate of carbon…

Komboglyze is prescribed to a patient who has been on the maximum tolerated Metformin dose and whose blood glucose levels have not been regulated effectively or to someone who is taking Metformin and Saxagliptin as separate drugs. It can be combined with a sulfonylurea such as Gliclazide or insulin to achieve the targeted results of blood glucose levels. How does Komboglyze work? The drug is available as an extended release tablet and can only be purchased with a doctor’s prescription. The…

This attack is known as "autoimmune" disease. These cells are called islets these cells are the ones that sense glucose in the blood and, in response, produce the necessary amount of insulin to normalize blood sugars. Insulin serves as a key to open your cells, to allow the glucose to enter, and allow you to use the glucose…

handles glucose in their blood. Diabetes type 2 Is the most common form of Diabetes. Diabetes type 2 is also known as “lifestyle disease” as it is most common in people who do not exercise regularly and those who are overweight or obese. (WebMD, 2015) In an average healthy individual the pancreas makes a hormone called insulin. Insulin lets the cells in the body turn glucose into energy. However in a person affected by diabetes type 2, the pancreas make extra insulin which then gets the…

fat. As food passes through the digestive tract, various enzymes and chemicals in the body break food particles into macronutrients and macronutrients. Macronutrients are the energy providers that are further processed into glucose, amino acids and fatty acids. Unlike glucose, fats and amino acids need to be first converted into an intermediate product of glycolysis…

the presence of monosaccharides and disaccharides. Polysaccharides are chains of linked glucose molecules. The two types of dietary polysaccharides are Amylose and Amylopectin. The Benedicts…

body makes your blood glucose (sugar) levels higher than normal” (Facts about type two diabetes). There are two types of diabetes, type one and type two. Type two is the most common type of diabetes. With type two your body doesn’t use insulin properly, it is also known as insulin resistance. Type two is also most common in African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and Asian…

Phosphorylation of glycogen phosphorylase b converts to phosphorylase a. This enzyme releases glucose-1-phosphate from glycogen polymers. After this the phosphate group is moved from the C-1 position to the C-6 position creating glucose-6-phosphate by the enzyme, phosphoglucomutase. The enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase removes the phosphate group from glucose-6-phosphate, leaving free glucose molecules. These glucose molecules leave the cell via…

undiagnosed, untreated, or unmanaged. Vision loss and blindness can happen if a diabetic does not take action to keep glucose levels under control. Understanding how diabetes affect the retina is critical for diabetics. The Damage that Diabetes Does After developing diabetes, the body loses its ability to regulate glucose levels in the blood stream. Normally, insulin helps with glucose regulation. With Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas begins to produce less and less insulin. With Type 2 insulin,…