Maltose is a reducing sugar but sucrose is not.
Answer
FALSE
Solution
Maltose has a free hemiacetal OH (reducing end); sucrose has no free anomeric OH — both monosaccharides are involved in glycosidic bonds.
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Subject: Chemistry · Chapter: Biomolecules · Topic: Carbohydrates
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