What are the hydrolysis products of
(i) sucrose and (ii) lactose?
Sucrose on hydrolysis gives glucose and fructose.
(i)
Lactose on hydrolysis gives glucose and galactose.
(ii)
Classify the following into monosaccharides and disaccharides: Ribose, 2-deoxy-ribose, maltose, galactose, fructose and lactose.
Mono-saccharides: Ribose, 2-deoxyribose, galactose, fructose.
Di-saccharides: maltose, lactose.
What are reducing sugars?
A reducing sugar is any sugar that is capable of acting as a reducingagent because it has a free aldehyde group or a free ketone group. All monosaccharides are reducing sugars.