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Glucose is also called blood sugar as it circulates in the blood at a concentration of 65-110 mg/mL of blood. Glucose-6-phosphatase dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency is the most common disease-producing enzymopathy in humans.

Inherited as an X-linked disorder, G-6-PD deficiency affects 400 million people worldwide. Glucose, with six carbon atoms, has four asymmetric carbon atoms (marked in this diagram with *). The arrangement of the OH’s and H’s on these atoms is very important. (more…)

Does high blood pressure normally run in your family’s blood?

If yes, then you must take into consideration having a regular blood test. In this process you will be able to know whether you might have an underlying ailment.

The blood glucose is normally expressed in millimoles pr litre (mmol/l). Typically, its level is lowest in the morning and higher after mealtime than its narrow limits right through out the day which is 4 to 8mmol/l.

Note: Glucose (more…)

A Blood Glucose Meter is also known as a Blood Sugar Meter, Glucose Meter or Glucometer. It is fundamentally a medical device which measures the concentration of glucose in human blood.

By testing a person’s glucose level using a Glucose Meter allows him to be aware of his medical condition in the shortest p (more…)

We all Human beings need energy to survive. We are made of trillions of small units called cells. Our body cells need energy to work. We eat to get energy from food. Whatever we eat has Carbohydrates, Proteins and Fats as energy providing substance. A healthy diet contains nearly 60% carbohydrate, 20% proteins and 20% fats.

After eating, carbohydrate component of food is broken to glucose in our intestine. This glucose reaches in blood & then to cells of body. This glucose needs (more…)