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can somone post what sugars r called reducing sugars?
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  #2

glucose,galactose,fructose..plz add more..

  #3

"Reducing sugars include fructose, glucose, glyceraldehyde, lactose, arabinose and maltoseReducing sugars include fructose, glucose, glyceraldehyde, lactose, arabinose and maltose"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reducing_sugar


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  #4

To save you time, i think one of the more important things to remember is the one sugar that's NOT a reducing sugar --> SUCROSE!

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  #5

sucrose is fructose plus glucose...so two reducing sugars together make a non reducing sugar....Howecver I still don't understand what do they mean for reducing sugar







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