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Name the sugar present in milk. How many monosaccharide units are present in it ? What are such oligosaccharides called ? |
| Answer» Solution :The SUGAR present in the milk is LACTOSE. Lactose is a disaccharide in which D-Galactose and D- Glucose units are linked by C1-O-C4 glycosidic LINKAGE. So, on hydrolysis it will give one UNIT of D-Galactose and one MOLECULE of D-Glucose. | |