Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a class of sugars, including lactose and sucrose, that are composed of two monosaccharides.
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- noun biochemistry Any
sugar , such assucrose ,maltose andlactose , consisting of twomonosaccharides combined together.
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- noun any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
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They are generally linked together and bonded into what is known as a disaccharide.
THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009
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They are generally linked together and bonded into what is known as a disaccharide.
THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009
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Do the labeling directives require that it be indicated if the disaccharide is lactose?
Archive 2006-11-01 Steve Carper 2006
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Do the labeling directives require that it be indicated if the disaccharide is lactose?
The "Sugar" in Ingredients Lists Not Lactose Steve Carper 2006
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Plain table sugar, sucrose, is a disaccharide, which is a sugar made of two sugar molecules.
It’s the real …HFCS? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006
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Lactose is a disaccharide, meaning it is made up of two basic sugar molecules, a galactose molecule bonded to a glucose molecule.
Archive 2006-10-01 Steve Carper 2006
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Lactose is a disaccharide, meaning it is made up of two basic sugar molecules, a galactose molecule bonded to a glucose molecule.
New Gene Process Makes Low-Lactose Milk Steve Carper 2006
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The FDA noted that "the saccharide composition (glucose to fructose ratio) of HFCS is approximately the same as that of honey, invert sugar and the disaccharide sucrose (table sugar)."
Tara Stiles: High Fructose Corn Syrup: A Sweet Surprise For America? 2009
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Maltose is a disaccharide made of two glucoses linked together.
THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009
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Lactose is a disaccharide made from glucose combining with galactose.
THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009
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