Question

Sucrose is not
a) a Disaccharide b) a non-reducing
sugar. c) Hydrolysed to
only
glucose
d) Hydrolysed to glucose
and fructose​

Answer 1

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Sucrose is not a reducing sugar since it contains no free aldehyde or keto group adjacent to a

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Sucrose is a non-reducing sugar because the two monosaccharide units are held together by a glycosidic linkage between C1 of α-glucose and C2 of β-fructose. Since the reducing groups of glucose and fructose are involved in glycosidic bond formation, sucrose is a non-reducing sugar.