Question

Define reducing sugars. Give one example.

Answer 1

The sugars which react with tollens and fehlings reagent are called as reducing sugars.

Example : glucose, fructose, maltose, etc.

Answer 2

A reducing sugar is any sugar that is capable for acting as a reducing agent because it has a free aldehyde group or a free ketone group . All monosccharides are reducing sugar. For example : glucose, fructose, robose and xylose.
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