disaccharide
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Lactose, or milk sugar, is a disaccharide made of two simple sugars – glucose and galactose – in a 1:1 ratio.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024
Maltose, which is found in breakfast cereals and breads, is a disaccharide of two glucose molecules.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024
Saliva also contains an enzyme called salivary amylase that begins the process of converting starches in the food into a disaccharide called maltose.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Glucose, galactose, and fructose are common isomeric monosaccharides, whereas sucrose or table sugar is a disaccharide.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
In other words, it is never possible to break off a disaccharide sugar from the molecule, either by the action of prunase alone, or by means of any other hydrolytic agent.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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