Easy TRUE_FALSE +2 / -1

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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