SHEET /m/glucose · PubChem CID 5793 · REV 2026.07
Glucose from source
C6H12O6 · 180.16 g/mol
D-Glucopyranose · Glucopyranose · dextrose · Blood sugar
group of stereoisomers
Fig. 1 · 2D structure RDKit
C([C@@H]1[C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](C(O1)O)O)O)O)O
Where you'll find it
Curated by MoleculeFinder from source
The dose makes the poison inferred
A reported rat oral LD50 for Glucose is 25,800 mg/kg, the dose lethal to half the animals tested. Scaled by body mass alone:
“The dose makes the poison” is a cross-species estimate shown as neutral science, not a threshold anyone should act on. Real toxicity depends on the person, not body mass alone.
Signature properties
Toxicity & hazards
Toxicity · LD50
25,800 mg/kg · very low toxicity · LD50 rat oral from source
The dose lens above scales this to a body weight.
1 more reported value
- 9,000 mg/kgLD50 · iv · mouse
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Where Glucose leads
Glucose is the sugar the body actually runs on, the molecule a blood-sugar reading measures. On the tongue it is only about three quarters as sweet as table sugar.