Give an example each of the following: [DoE]
(i) Reducing sugar
(ii) Non-reducing sugar
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(1) Reducing sugar : Glucose, Fructose, Ribose,Xylose, Glyceraldehyde.
(2) Non-reducing sugar : Sucrose, Trehalose, Raffinose, Verbascose.
Explanation:
(1)All monosaccharides are reducing sugars , because all monosaccharides have an aldehydic group or can tautomerize in solution to form an aldehyde group (if they are ketones).
(2) Sucrose is a commonally used non-reducing sugar.
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