It's all about a healthy lifestyle, says Ray Chung, MD, medical director of the liver transplant program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Taking care of your liver is far more about avoiding what's bad than it is about eating or drinking things that are particularly nourishing to the liver, he says.
Confidence votes 916. Glucose is an organic compound. Organic compounds by definition are compounds that contain carbon. Glucose is an organic compound. Organic compounds by definition are compounds that contain carbon.
Glucose exists in two forms: a straight chain and ring. As a straight chain, the molecule contains five -OH (hydroxyl) groups and one CH=O (aldehyde) group. As a ring, the molecule still contains five hydroxyl groups, but it's aldehyde group has been converted to a C-O-C (ether) group. To be more specific, it's really an HO-C-O-C group, which is known as a hemiacetal group.