What are the products of photosynthesis other than glucose and oxygen ?

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What are the  products  of photosynthesis other than glucose and oxygen ?

Benjamin Alvin · Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis also creates a number of different molecules along the way, but the most key are glucose and oxygen.

The simple equation #6CO_2 + 6H_2 0 -> 6C_6 H_12 O_6 + 6O_2# is quite simply a lie. Though the educational system simplifies it for middle school students, photosynthesis is actually a sequence of chemical reactions known as a biochemical pathway rather than a single reaction. To answer your question, no, no, there aren't really any key products other than ATP created other than glucose and oxygen. And through this, technically there are many products in photosynthesis, but most are omitted because they are mostly used to power Photosynthesis itself. For example, FADPH and NADPH are both "products" of Photosynthesis, becoming phosphorylated in the Light-dependent reactions.

Luna Cruz · Answer

undefined In addition, photosynthesis yields a variety of organic compounds that are necessary for plant growth and development, such as carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins; water is a reactant that is split during the light-dependent reactions, and ATP and NADPH are molecules produced during the light-dependent reactions and used in the Calvin cycle.