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How do you identify disaccharides?

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a substance can eaither be a monosaccaride (one) disaccaride (2) or polysaccaride (more than two)

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a. not a reducing sugar SUCROSE

b. composed of two glucose units MALTOSE

c. also called milk sugar LACTOSE

d. hydrolysis gives glucose and fructose SUCROSE

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Carbohydrates are very complex so all you have to do is isolate them from everything else.

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hydrolysis

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