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Q: What are non reducing sugar used for in the body?
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what is fehling test?

It is a chemical reagent used to differentiate water-soluble carbohydrates and ketone functioning groups. Its also a test for reducing and non-reducing sugars.


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a reducung sugar since it has an aldehyde group


The chemical elements in a non reducing sugar?

frictose glucose lactose


Why is fructose a reducing agent?

fructose is non-reducing sugar


How hydrochloric acid affect non-reducing sugar?

A non-reducing sugar can be hydrolyzed using dilute hydrochloric acid. After hydrolysis and neutralization of the acid, the product is a reducing sugar. So acidic hydrolysis can convert the non-reducing sugars (disaccharides and polysaccharides) into reducing simple sugars.


Why does non reducing sugar change colour when you add hydrochloric acid and hydrogen carbonate crystals?

The non-reducing sugar changes color when hydrochloric acid and hydrogen carbonate crystals because the non-reducing sugar gets oxidized as it gives an electron to the reducing agent.


Is glucose oxidizing sugar?

No glucose is non-reducing sugar.


Is gentiobiose reducing or non-reducing sugar?

yes it is a reducing sugar, it has a free anomeric OH group. thus it can also mutarotate