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Glucose - One of the six molecules that dominate life. Glucose is the final product of photosynthesis, not the first. ATP is the first product. The glucose molecule is water soluble. Glucose is the energy that your body and trees burn which runs both systems. Glucose is the fuel of life. Glucose is usually in the form of a ring. Glucose -magic springs, or soluble battery. Glucose is the universal biological currency. You need it, the plants need it, other animals besides humans need it.

See "Molecules that Dominate Life"

See MODERN ARBORICULTURE, SHIGO, 1991, pg 200+