Talk:Galactose

message: Not to my taste buds. Perhaps the opening sentence should be changed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.8.177.83 (talk) 16:01, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Glucose is sweet?

message: I searched on Google.com for 'Compulsive blinking disorder' and found only 6 pages. Those pages were all copies of the article. Because I found no other pages on google, I think 'Compulsive blinking disorder' doesn't exist. Luap 6-6-2006
:Indeed, it was added by User:198.236.58.30, which vandalized other pages. I removed that part. Wmahan. 02:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Compulsive blinking disorder

message: Brain sugar? Can we get some sort of reference or link as to why it was called "Brain sugar". 
Lancepickens 23:33, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a reference. 193.171.121.30 05:27, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Brain sugar"

message: This section needs revision.  The first two articles cited are rather outdated and I believe that the body of research points in the direction of no correlation between galactose metabolism and ovarian cancer. Ibrmrn (talk) 12:36, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Clinical significance

message: ...or does not seem to, anyway. It says "Is the most problematic, as galactose-free diets do not have considerable long-term effects." - rephrase? It Is Me Here (talk) 07:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Part of Section 6 does not make sense 

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message: I was surprised to see a difference between the molecular mass of galactose (180,08gr/mol) and that of glucose (180,16gr/mol), while their molecular structure only differs in the placement of the -OH groups. I understand there is a difference in free energy, that could cause a difference in molecular mass, but can a source confirm this? 0,08 gram difference seems a lot, seeing as mannose only has a difference of 0,004 gram difference with glucose.
Forgot to sign: Redtails (talk) 11:28, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This is just an error in the calculations, probably from using different sig figs for the elements. Glucose, galactose, mannose (and the other hexoses) are all isomers with the formula C6H12O6, so there is no difference in their molecular weights. The correct mass to four decimal places would be 180.1559 g/mol. I've changed all of these to be consistent. --Glycoform (talk) 16:52, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference in molecular mass compared to glucose 

message: Looking at the article, I could not work out which form D or L was the naturally occuring one - anyone able to add this (I think it is perhaps a weakness in other of the sugar pages)Skihatboatbike (talk) 20:10, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: D-galactose. Edited. DAVilla (talk) 09:27, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Natural form 

message: In the image, the molecule labelled UDP-glucose is actually UDP-allose. Also, process 4 (UDP-glucose isomerase) is wrong. It says that UDP-galactose is being isomerized to UDP-glucose, but the structures are identical. Both are UDP-gulose. In fact, all monosaccharides in this section labelled galactose are actually D-gulose. Perfect5th (talk) 17:17, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Galactose Metabolism

message: I realize this is getting REALLY basic, but most chemistry/ bio chem articles include the chemical formula of the molecule/ compound being discussed.  Unless I missed it, I do not see a chem. formula for galactose clearly stated in this article itself.  I believe it is worthwhile info for this article to include, esp. considering beginning students of chemistry and biology like myself are probably reading this article as much or more than more advanced students.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Decaturstreet (talk • contribs) 19:23, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chemical Formula of Galactose?? 

message: I edited the section "Relation to Lactose" a bit changing the opening from "In human bodies " to "In lactating humans" as most human bodies do not undergo this process. But do other mammals, or placental mammals not all have the same process for making milk?Kurtdriver (talk) 19:59, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  In humans? 

message: Supplementing with Uridine, would it make dietary Galactose less or more harmful?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uridine
"Uridine plays a role in the glycolysis pathway of galactose".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactose
"Chronic systemic exposure of mice, rats, and Drosophila to D-galactose causes the acceleration of senescence (aging) and has been used as an aging model".
ee1518 (talk) 18:54, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Supplementing with Uridine, would it make dietary Galactose less or more harmful?