Glucose Isomerase (GI), also known as xylose isomerase, is a remarkable enzyme that holds a critical place in modern industrial biotechnology. This enzyme is used extensively to convert glucose into ...

Does fructose, one of today's boogeymen, cause cancer? According to a fascinating paper in Nature, it does so in cultured ...

Mexican Coke tastes different than American Coke; after all, it's sweetened using cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. That, at least, was the conventional wisdom until 2011 ...

View full profile. Learn about our editorial policies. As the small intestine and liver metabolize most of the dietary fructose, the team investigated the effect of this sugar on tumors outside of ...

The enzyme encoded by this gene unloads and converts sucrose transported from leaves into glucose and fructose within sink organs, where these sugars can be directly absorbed and utilized.

High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), also known as glucose–fructose, isoglucose and glucose–fructose syrup, is an industry staple, used in everything from breakfast cereals to soft drinks. And its ...

Richard J. Johnson; Takahiko Nakagawa; L. Gabriela Sanchez-Lozada; Mohamed Shafiu; Shikha Sundaram; Myphuong Le; Takuji Ishimoto; Yuri Y. Sautin; Miguel A. Lanaspa ...

A recent study identified a mechanistic link between consuming high-fructose corn syrup and persistent behavioral and molecular changes leading to a dysfunction in learning and memory as well as ...