Question:
Why it is said that lactose and maltose are different when their chemicular looks exactly same and please define disaccharide
Answer:
Lactose is formed from Glucose and Galactose.
Maltose is formed from 2 molecules of Glucose.
Therefore lactose and maltose are chemically different.
A disaccharide is the sugar formed when two monosachharides are joined by glycosidic linkage.
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