Which of the following is a non-reducing saccharide?

Glucose

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Maltose

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Sucrose

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Lactose

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Solution

The correct option is B Sucrose
The main non-reducing sugar is sucrose, or more commonly known as table sugar. Sucrose is a glucose carbon connected at the anomeric carbon to an anomeric carbon on a fructose. Since both anomeric carbons are involved in the bond, neither one has an OH group, so it is not a reducing sugar.

Hence, the correct option is $C$

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