The name glucose derives through the French from the Greek ( 'glukos'), which means " sweet ", in reference to must, the sweet, first press of grapes in the making of wine .Thénard, Gay-Lussac, Biot, and Dumas (1838) "Rapport sur un mémoire de M. Péligiot, intitulé: Recherches sur la nature et les propriétés chimiques des sucres". (Report on a memoir of Mr. Péligiot, titled: Investigations on the nature and chemical properties of sugars), Comptes rendus, 7 : 106–113. From page 109. : "" It follows from the comparisons made by Mr. Péligot, that the sugar from grapes, that from starch, that from diabetes and that from honey have exactly the same composition and the same properties, and constitute a single substance that we propose to call glucose (1) … (1) , must, sweet wine. The suffix "-ose" is a chemical classifier, denoting a sugar.
The name glucose is derived from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “wine, must”), from γλυκύς ( glykýs, “ sweet ”) .Thénard, Gay-Lussac, Biot, and Dumas (1838) "Rapport sur un mémoire de M. Péligiot, intitulé: Recherches sur la nature et les propriétés chimiques des sucres". (Report on a memoir of Mr. Péligiot, titled: Investigations on the nature and chemical properties of sugars), Comptes rendus, 7 : 106–113. From page 109. : "" It follows from the comparisons made by Mr. Péligot, that the sugar from grapes, that from starch, that from diabetes and that from honey have exactly the same composition and the same properties, and constitute a single substance that we propose to call glucose (1) … (1) , must, sweet wine. The suffix "-ose" is a chemical classifier, denoting a sugar.
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