Mannoheptulose
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Mannoheptulose is a hexokinase inhibitor. It is a heptose, a monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms. By blocking the enzyme hexokinase, it prevents glucose phosphorylation. As a result less dextrose units are broken down into smaller molecules in an organism. It is found as D-mannoheptulose in avocado.[1]
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- ^ plantcell.org Overexpression of Arabidopsis Hexokinase in Tomato Plants Inhibits ...
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