Fill in the blank Glucose and cane-sugar can be distinguished by ... reagent or ...solution
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Glucose and cane sugar can be distinguished by tollen′sreagent orFehling′ssolution.Glucose is a reducing sugar whereas cane sugar is a non-reducing sugar. Glucose does not have any glycosidic linkage so it can be reduced by Fehling's reagent, but cane sugar has a glycosidic linkage and due to the absence of free −CHO group, it cannot be reduced.