GLU Medical Abbreviation

Glucuronide

Glucagon

A hormone produced in the pancreas that stimulates the breakdown of glycogen to glucose in the liver. A polypeptide hormone that is secreted by the ? cells of the pancreas when the bloodglucose level is low and leads to glycogen breakdown in the liver and the release of glucose to the blood.

Glutamate

Glutamate is a key compound in cellular metabolism. In humans, dietary proteins are broken down by digestion into amino acids, which serve as metabolic fuel for other functional roles in the body.

Glutamic Acid

Glutamic acid is one of the 20-23 proteinogenic amino acids, and its codons are GAA and GAG. It is a non-essential amino acid. The carboxylate anions and salts of glutamic acid are known as glutamates. In neuroscience, glutamate is an important neurotransmitter that plays the principal role in neural activation.

Glutamatergic

Glutamic

Grucan-Binding

Glucose

A monosaccharide sugar, C6H12O6, that is used by living things to obtain energy through the process of aerobic respiration within cells. It is the principal circulating sugar in the blood of humans and other mammals.

Glstamate