Write the products obtained after hydrolysis of lactose.

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Lactose is sugar that is made up of two smaller sugars: glucose and galactose. It is known as a disaccharide and on hydrolysis it will give one unit of glucose and one unit of galactose.
$C_{12} H_{22} O_{11} L a c t o s e + H_{2} O \to C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} D - g l u c o s e + C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} D - g a l a c t o s e$

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