NUTRITION
CARBOHYDRATES
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Question
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Which one is a non reducing sugar?
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Glucose
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Galactose
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Maltose
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Sucrose
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sucrose is a non-reducing sugar because the two monosaccharide units are held together by a glycosidic linkage between C1 of -glucose and C2 of -fructose. Since the reducing groups of glucose and fructose are involved in glycosidic bond formation, sucrose is a non-reducing sugar.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sucrose is a non-reducing sugar.
Detailed explanation-3: -Non-reducing sugars do not have an group attached to the anomeric carbon so they cannot reduce other compounds. E.g. sucrose and Raffinose.
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