Background technology
Glucose, also known as corn glucose, corn sugar, or even glucose, is the most widely distributed and important monosaccharide in nature. It is a polyhydroxyaldehyde. Pure glucose is a colorless crystal with a sweet taste but not as sweet as sucrose. It is suitable for solubility in water, slightly soluble in ethanol, and insoluble in ether. The rotation of an aqueous solution to the right is also known as "dextrose". Glucose plays an important role in the field of biology, serving as an energy source and metabolic intermediate for living cells. Meanwhile, glucose is widely used in the candy manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries.
Crystalline glucose can be divided into glucose monohydrate (C6H12O6) according to different manufacturing processes H2O and anhydrous glucose (C6H12O6). Monohydrate crystalline glucose is divided into food grade glucose and pharmaceutical glucose, and food grade glucose is mainly used in the food processing industry and vegetable preservation industry. Glucose monohydrate can be hydrogenated to produce sorbitol, and pharmaceutical grade glucose monohydrate is mainly used as a raw (auxiliary) material for oral medicine.