Name the sugar present in milk. How many monosaccharide units are present in it? What are such oligosaccharides called?
Name the sugar present in milk. How many monosaccharide units are present in it? What are such oligosaccharides called?
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Lactose sugar is a naturally occurring sugar found in milk. D galactose and D glucose, two monosaccharide molecules, are linked together. As a result, disaccharides are the name given to these oligosaccharides.
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