6/11/2023 0 Comments Glucose and lactoseLactose, a disaccharide composed of glucose and galactose, is the principal sugar of mammalian milk and the principal carbohydrate energy source for infants and children thus galactose plays a central metabolic role in human nutrition. It joins with glucose to create lactose, one of the three most common disaccharides. It usually is chemically bonded to glucose to form lactose, the primary sugar in milk and dairy products. Galactose rarely occurs as a monosaccharide in food. It is abundant in human diets and assist various functions. Galactose is a simple sugar which is transformed in the liver before it is used as energy. Galactose is a six carbon sugar or monosaccharide which associates with glucose for forming disaccharide lactose and form galactose polysaccharides in agar which is a component in various mucilages, gums and pectins and found in sugar beets. Literally, it is a polymeric form of galactose present in hemicellulose and form core of galactans which is a class of natural polymeric carbohydrates. Galactose also abbreviated as Gal, is a monosaccharide sugar which is about as sweet as glucose and 30% as sweet as sucrose.
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