Being The Unused Enantiomer

Being The Unused Enantiomer
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The chemistry struggle is REAL! D-glucose (the happy baby) is living its best life as the naturally occurring form that our bodies can metabolize, while poor L-glucose (the crying baby) is basically useless to human metabolism. Talk about molecular discrimination! These mirror-image molecules have identical chemical formulas but different spatial arrangements—like identical twins where one gets all the attention while the other is just... there. Next time you enjoy something sweet, pour one out for L-glucose, forever the neglected enantiomer that cells won't even invite to the metabolic party.

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