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

Sucrose is a disaccharide with a molecule of glucose and a molecule of fructose bonded together with a glycosidic linkage.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

This sugar belongs to the disaccharide group, and is, in the majority of cases, readily digested by even the most delicate digestive apparatus.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.