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Question
Corn is immersed in boiling water. It is then cooled, and the solution becomes sweet. It is due to ______.
Options
Monosaccharides are converted to disaccharides.
disaccharides are converted to monosaccharides.
enzymes are inactivated in boiling water.
None of the above
Solution
Corn is immersed in boiling water. It is then cooled, and the solution becomes sweet. It is due to disaccharides being converted to monosaccharides.
Explanation:
Boiling water is used to submerge maize. Because disaccharides are converted into monosaccharides, the solution becomes sweet. When two monosaccharides are bonded together and a molecule of water is removed, a disaccharide is created; this is known as a dehydration reaction.
As a result, the two monosaccharides are linked by a dehydration reaction that results in the loss of a water molecule and the formation of a glycosidic bond. As a result, when this bond breaks, the monosaccharides are freed and the solution transforms into a sheet.
