disaccharide
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Maltose, which is found in breakfast cereals and breads, is a disaccharide of two glucose molecules.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024
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, or malt sugar, is a disaccharide formed by a dehydration reaction between two glucose molecules.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The salivary enzyme amylase begins the breakdown of food starches into maltose, a disaccharide.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
