Question

Monosacharides are called reducing sugars but disacharides are not.. Why?

Answer 1

A reducing sugar is any sugar that is capable of acting as a reducing agent because it has a free aldehyde group or a free ketone group. All monosaccharides are reducing sugars, along with some disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides.

Answer 2

Answer:

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Monosaccharides are called reducing sugars because monosaccharides contain free aldehydic or ketonic group. On the other hand, disaccharides do not have free aldehydic or ketonic group. Example of reducing sugars is maltose. Example of non-reducing sugars is sucrose.

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