Question

What are the hydrolysis products of starch and sucrose?

Answer 1

Whenever starch (polysaccharides) molecules undergo hydrolysis, it forms either monosaccharides, disaccharides or trisaccharides. The end products depends on the strength of enzymes used and the common enzymes are, α-Amylase, which produces the disaccharide maltose and the trisaccharide maltotriose.