Rhonda Patrick· PhD
2-deoxyglucose, it's glucose that doesn't have a hydroxyl group that's glucose. That's why it's called to 2-deoxy. But anyway, 2-deoxyglucose will be taken up in cells just like glucose is, but it cannot be used to produce ATP. And it competes with an enzyme called hexokinase. That's like the first enzyme involved in the metabolism of glucose that leads to ATP production.