disaccharide

Noun

Meaning

any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cellulose fructose sugar glucose cane starch malt sucrose carbohydrate maltose polysaccharide saccharose dextrin lactose glycogen
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Hypernyms

oligosaccharide

Hyponyms

sucrose maltose saccharose lactose milk sugar malt sugar

Examples

If the functional group is present in bonding with another sugar unit, it is called a reducing disaccharide or biose. Source: Internet

The joining of two aldehyde sugars to form a disaccharide removes the −OH from the carboxy group at the aldehyde end of one sugar. Source: Internet

The minimal lipopolysaccharide required for growth in E. coli is Kdo 2 -Lipid A, a hexa-acylated disaccharide of glucosamine that is glycosylated with two 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid (Kdo) residues. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

disabuser disacceptance disaccharidase disaccharidic disaccommodate disaccommodation