Essential Biochemistry - Carbohydrate Chemistry (Section 3 - No. 17)
Which of the following is a characteristic of a reducing sugar?
It does not react with Benedict's reagent.
It contains a free aldehyde or ketone group.
It is always a disaccharide.
It is not capable of mutarotation.
Explanation
Reducing sugars have a free aldehyde or ketone group which can be oxidized.
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