<p>It produces glucose. You use the products from the light dependent reactions(NADPH and ATP) in the Light Independent reactions and get glucose. I have never heard of G3P though.</p>
<p>But, (2) 3C GP are formed from the 6C Intermediate (Light Independent)</p>
<p>weird...my reply came before your question...</p>
<p>My question is what is the actual product of the photosynthesis? cliff notes said the final product is glucose. But in campell biology book, it clearly state that photosynthesis does not produce glucose, it produce G3P instead. Which one is right if this is on the Ap test? i m confused. thx for the help</p>
<p>The Calvin cycle (light-independent reactions) of photosynthesis produces Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate (G3P). Additional reactions put two of these together to make a glucose. The product of photosynthesis is considered to be glucose, even though the final steps of G3P to glucose are not usually discussed in the books for some reason.</p>
<p>G3P used to be called PGAL (Phosphoglyceraldehyde), and in addition to its role in photosynthesis, it is an intermediate step in glycolysis. The phosphate provides the necessary energy for synthesis reactions.</p>
<p>okay, AP calls it something different or mentions something we don't cover...</p>
<p>Wow that's really wierd. how did ur post come before mine????? anyways, thx for help.</p>