Friday, March 21, 2014

What is sugar, Non sugar, Reducing sugar, Non reducing sugar?

Sugar:
  • Substances which are water soluble, crystalline and sweet in taste are called sugar. 
  • All monosaccharides and disaccharides are sugar.
Non sugar:
  • Substances which are water insoluble and amorphous.
  • Polysaccharides are non sugar.
Reducing sugar:
  • They act as reducing agent in alkaline media.
  • Presence of free aldehyde and or ketone functional group is responsible for this property of carbohydrate.
  • All monosaccharides maltose and lactose are reducing sugars.
  • Reducing property of sugar is tested by their ability to 
    • Reduce alkaline CuSO4 solution (Positive Benedict's test)
    • From osazone crystal with phenyl hydrazine
    • Show maturation
Non reducing sugar:
  • They do not contain free aldehyde or ketone as functional group.
  • Their functional groups are usually engaged in glycosidic bond formation
  • Sucrose is non reducing sugar.

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