Question

explain with reasons...

why sucrose is nonreducing sugar.?
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m@ltose is reducing sugar.?

Answer 1

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answer1.Non-reducing sugars do not have an OH group attached to the anomeric carbon so they cannot reduce other compounds. All monosaccharides such as glucose are reducing sugars. A disaccharide can be a reducing sugar or a non-reducing sugar. Maltose and lactose are reducing sugars, while sucrose is a non-reducing sugar.

answer2.Many disaccharides, like cellobiose, lactose and maltose, also have a reducing form, as one of the two units may have an open-chain form with an aldehyde group.


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