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Which of the following is not a reducing sugar?

  1. A
    Glucose
  2. B
    Maltose
  3. C
    Sucrose
  4. D
    Lactose

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A reducing sugar is any sugar that is capable of acting as a reducing agent because it has a free aldehyde group or a free ketone group. Glucose, maltose, and lactose contain free or potentially free reducing groups and can reduce Fehling's or Tollen's reagent. Sucrose is a disaccharide where the reducing groups of glucose and fructose are involved in a glycosidic bond linkage, meaning it has no free hemiacetal or hemiketal groups and is therefore a non-reducing sugar.

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Which of the following is not a reducing sugar?
A
Glucose
B
Maltose
C
Sucrose
D
Lactose

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