/on Gierke's disease is a glycogen storage disease that results from the absence of glucose-6-phosphatase activity in the affected organs. What product accumulates in the liver because of the absence of this activity?

/on Gierke's disease is a glycogen storage disease that results from the absence of glucose-6-phosphatase activity in the affected organs. What product accumulates in the liver because of the absence of this activity?

Ebk:Nutrition & Diet Therapy

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Chapter3: Carbohydrates

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Von Gierke's disease is a glycogen storage disease that results from the absence of glucose-6-phosphatase activity in the
affected organs. What product accumulates in the liver because of the absence of this activity?
O Glucose
O Fructose-6-phosphate
O Glucose-6-phosphate
O Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate

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