BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

CARBOHYDRATES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This sugar is found in sugar cane and sugar beets (Known as Table sugar)
A
fructose
B
maltose
C
glucose
D
sucrose
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sucrose is a naturally occurring sugar found in various amounts in plants like fruits, vegetables and nuts. Sucrose is also produced commercially from sugar cane and sugar beets.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sucrose is a disaccharide made of glucose and fructose. It’s commonly known as “table sugar” but it can be found naturally in fruits, vegetables, and nuts. However, it’s also produced commercially from sugar cane and sugar beets through a refinement process.

Detailed explanation-3: -Table sugar, also known as granulated sugar, is what comes to mind when most people think of sugar. It’s made from sugar cane and sugar beets. Chemically speaking, table sugar is sucrose, a disaccharide that is a 50-50 mixture of the monosaccharides glucose and fructose.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sugar beet is a biennial plant that reaches its highest sucrose content (15 to 20 % of fresh weight) in the storage root at the end of the first, vegetative year of development.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sucrose is cane sugar and the common sweetener. Emphasis on dieting has spawned a number of synthetic sweeteners. Although they contain no calories, experimentally there are downsides to their ingestion.

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