Answer Posted / guest
It is the reduced form of glucose (produced by aldose
reductase) and can be converted to fructose (by sorbitol
dehydrogenase) in sperm cells where fructose is the
preferred energy source; In hyperglycemia, sorbitol may
accumulate in liver cells causing swelling and liver damage.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 1 No |
Post New Answer View All Answers
Aldehydes and ketones characteristically undergo which reactions?
What are the important sources of phosphorus?
Is it expected a change in the primary, in the secondary or in the tertiary structure of a protein to produce more functional consequences?
What is heat of combustion?
Explain entropy?
What are the units of bond length?
What is saytzeff’s rule?
Aromatic compounds generally undergo which type of reactions?
Which are the nucleotides “portions” that bind in the formation of nucleic acids?
What are allosteric enzymes?
What is the Chemical formula for Epsom salt?
What are the three main types of rna? What is meant by heterogeneous rna?
What are pentoses? Are nucleotides formed of only one type of pentose?
DNA binding by proteins with the helix-turn-helix (HTH) motif does not involve a) altered stacking of the DNA at the center of symmetry. b) hydrogen bonds, salt bridges, and van der Waals contacts. c) interactions with base pairs in the major groove of DNA. d) interactions with the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA.
What does ammonal contain?
