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disaccharide

[dahy-sak-uh-rahyd, -rid] / daɪˈsæk əˌraɪd, -rɪd /


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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

Glucose, galactose, and fructose are common isomeric monosaccharides, whereas sucrose or table sugar is a disaccharide.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

It also contains an enzyme called salivary amylase that begins the process of converting starches in the food into a disaccharide called maltose.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

Recent studies indicate that the two sugar molecules are separately united to the other constituents, rather than united with each other in the disaccharide relationship.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred




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