D-(+)-Glucose has been used:
- as a supplement in Dulbecco′s phosphate-buffered saline (DPBS) for standardized serum bactericidal assay (SBA) using human complement
- as a component in 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (HEPES)-buffered Tyrode′s solution to treat the excised diaphragmatic specimens to assess the effect of osmolarity changes on the intrinsic lymphatic pumping mechanism
- to study the effect of restoring circulating glucose content in insulin-responsive neurons of rats
- for oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs)