Uses of glucose from photosynthesis
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Glucose is the starting material

Glucose is the starting material

Flow chart showing glucose from photosynthesis being used for respiration, starch, fats and oils, cellulose, and amino acids and proteins, with nitrate ions feeding into protein production

Photosynthesis makes glucose in leaves, mainly inside chloroplasts containing chlorophyll. That glucose is a starting material for energy release, storage, building cell walls, and making new molecules.

Uses of glucose from photosynthesis Lesson

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