Which of the following sugar is composed of glucose and fructose unit?

Glucose

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Lactose

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Sucrose

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Maltose

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Solution

The correct option is C Sucrose
Commonly used table sugar is sucrose. It is a disaccharide made up of one unit each of glucose and fructose.
Lactose is milk sugar made up of glucose and galactose.
Maltose is also a disaccharide made up of two units of glucose.
Glucose is a hexose monosaccharide sugar.
So, the correct answer is option C.

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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

(d) Maltose and lactose

β - D - glucose

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