OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOCHEMISTRY
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Question
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Which Sugar Combination act as Epimer-
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Glucose & Ribose
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Glucose & Galactose
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Glucose & Glyceraldehyde
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All of these
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -D-Mannose and D-galactose are both epimers of D-glucose.
Detailed explanation-2: -The epimers of glucose is Galactose.
Detailed explanation-3: -Glucose and fructose are not epimers. Instead, these molecules are structural isomers of one another. They both have the C6H12O6 molecular formula, but differ in the arrangement of atoms around carbons 1 and 2. Note that from the third through the sixth carbon atoms, the structures are the same.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mannose is a C-2 epimer of glucose and a sugar monomer of the aldohexose series of carbohydrates.
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