Is lactose a reducing sugar? To answer this, first draw lactose, then label the anomeric carbons...

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Is lactose a reducing sugar? To answer this, first draw lactose,then label the anomeric carbons on each monomer and determine iflactose is a reducing/non-reducing sugar.

b) Is Sucrose a reducing sugar? Answer this similar to thequestion above however (no need to draw structures like above)

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Reducing sugars are those which can act as a reducing agentInorder to be a reducing agent the sugars    See Answer
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