The products formed when glucose reacts with oxygen are water, carbon dioxide, and energy. This reaction is known as cellular respiration. In this process, the two reactants (glucose and oxygen) are gotten when we eat and when we breathe, respectively.
This process needs oxygen in order to convert glucose to ATP. The body gets rid of Carbon dioxide, one of the products of this reaction, via mitochondria, then the carbon dioxide goes straight into the red blood cells.
Finally, it returns into the lungs where it is exhaled. Findings show that a molecule of glucose can release up to 37 molecules of ATP. This reaction has the reactants on one side and the products on the other side of the equation. To have a balanced equation, 1 molecule of glucose must react with 6 molecules of oxygen to give 6 molecules of water and six molecules of carbon dioxide.