Which of the following is a reducing sugar?
(A) Sucrose (B) Trehalose
(C) Isomaltose (D) Agar
Gauri Answered question August 18, 2024
(C) Isomaltose is a reducing sugar. It has a free anomeric carbon that can form a reducing group. Sucrose and trehalose are non-reducing sugars because their anomeric carbons are involved in glycosidic linkages. Agar is a polysaccharide and not typically classified as a reducing sugar
Gauri Answered question August 18, 2024