Glucose and Dango !!!!

What can't we live without !!! Food !!!! What do we need daily to stay healthy??!!! Food !!!! What is our main Food source !!! .......... Rice?

Most of us, Asian eat rice almost everyday, some eat spaghetti, some eat bread, but they can't escape the nutrient which we call it carbohydrate. Carbohydrate are the main nutrient that provide us energy.

The chemistry in it is the work of the organic compound glucose. Glucose have the molecular structure of C6H12O6. Chemical reaction happen when glucose react with oxygen to form energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate or ATP for short. Below shown the molecular structure of ATP.

The chemical reaction happen as shown as the following, this chemical reaction is an aerobic respiration, it is in the category of cellular respiration because it involves cell to turn nutrient into ATP energy. For aerobic respiration it requires oxygen

                     (Glucose) + (oxygen) ------> (carbon dioxide) + (water) + 34 (ATP)

We take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide after aerobic respiration, however in this process around 32-34 ATP energy is also made.

This picture shown a desert that Japanese people eat all year round, it is known as dango. Dango is made of rice flour which contain glucose, thus it is a very important snack to keep us moving around.

In Malaysia it is commonly known as "MuaChi" or "Mochi" , Although its not round and cute, and its does not come in too much flavors, though they are not exactly the same, but close enough!!!