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Which is redu...

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Which is reducing sugar: ma"am
* Glucose, maltose, fructose ,* sucrose

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Solution

amongst the given option only Sucrose is a non-reducing sugar.

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Which one of the following pairs of nutrients includes both as simple sugars (monosaccharides) ?

(a) Sucrose and glucose

(b) Glucose and maltose

(c) Fructose and glucose

(d) Maltose and lactose

Q. Identify the incorrect statements among the following.

(a) The relative sweetness of fructose is the maximum and it is a reducing sugar.
(b) The source of lactose is milk and it is reducing sugar
(c) Maltose possesses glycoside bond between one glucose unit and one fructose unit and it is reducing sugar
(d) Glucose possesses aldehyde group and it is a non-reducing sugar
(e) The molecular formula of sucrose is

C_{12} H_{22} O_{11}

and possess glycoside bond between two glucose units.

Q. Assertion :Sucrose is a reducing sugar and exhibits mutarotation. Reason: Sucrose is a disaccharide consisting of glucose and fructose units.

Choose the correct combinations of the monosaccharides forming disaccharides.
i. Glucose + Glucose = Maltose ii. Glucose + Fructose = Lactose

iii. Glucose + Fructose = Sucrose iv. Glucose + Galactose = Lactose

Q. For 'invert sugar', the correct statement(s) is (are)
(Given : specific rotations of (+) -sucrose, (+) -maltose, L-(-)-glucose and L-(+)-fructose in aqueous solution are

+ 66^{0}, + 140^{0}, - 52^{0}

92^{0}

, respectively)

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