What is Nectar made of?

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Ciwan 17 years, 2 months ago

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- September 24, 2007 at 6:27 am #8278
  Ciwan
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  Hi guys
  I was watching Life In The Undergrowth presented by the "God" of documentaries (Sir David Attenborough).
  The part about insects taking to the air came up, and how most insects depended on Nectar from plants.
  I was just wondering what is in this magical Nectar?
  The name of the most abundant molecules found in Nectar would be a good place to start 😀
  Thanks Guys/Girls 😀
- September 25, 2007 at 10:04 pm #76340
  Ciwan
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  why do I get the feeling that I’m being ignored? 🙁
  Hellllooooo!! anyone!! Please help
  What exactly is in Nectar ?
- September 25, 2007 at 11:23 pm #76345
  mith
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  it’s sweet, so first guess would be fructose.
- September 26, 2007 at 6:10 am #76356
  Ciwan
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  But…there are many sugars that are sweet!
- September 26, 2007 at 5:12 pm #76386
  MrMistery
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  I have not actually read this anywhere, but i am sure it must be sucrose that makes nectar sweet. Since sucrose is the glucose of plants. they use the stuff for everything. And sucrose synthase is such a key enzyme in plant metabolism.
- September 26, 2007 at 5:14 pm #76387
  Ciwan
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  Thanks Mistery, you’re Ace man 😀
- September 26, 2007 at 5:22 pm #76390
  MrMistery
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  i was wrong
  "The various types of nectars can be ordered into three groups according to sugar content: sucrose prevalent, glucose and fructose prevalent, and equal amounts of sucrose, glucose, and fructose"
  You can find the full composition of nectar here: http://www.bb.iastate.edu/necgex/Nectar.htm
- September 26, 2007 at 6:14 pm #76394
  Ciwan
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  See, I said you were Ace
  Cheers man 🙂
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