glucose
Sugars are simple carbohydrates. Molecules of sugar have just a few carbon atoms. The simplest sugar is glucose C 6 H 12 O 6 . Glucose is the sugar that the cells of living things use for energy. Plants and some other organisms make glucose in the process of photosynthesis. Living things that cannot make glucose obtain it by consuming plants or these other organisms.
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