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प्रश्न
Name the sugar present in milk. How many monosaccharide units are present in it? What are such oligosaccharides called?
उत्तर
Lactose is commonly known as milk sugar since this disaccharide is found in milk. It is composed of β-D-galactose and β-D-glucose. The linkage is between C1 of galactose and C4 of glucose.
Lactose
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