Name the sugar present in milk. How many monosaccharide units are present in it? What are such oligosaccharides called?
(N/A) The sugar present in milk is lactose.
Lactose is a disaccharide composed of $D$-Galactose and $D$-Glucose units linked by a $\beta-C_1-O-C_4$ glycosidic linkage.
It contains $2$ monosaccharide units.
Oligosaccharides that yield $2$ monosaccharide units upon hydrolysis are called disaccharides.
Lactose is a disaccharide composed of $D$-Galactose and $D$-Glucose units linked by a $\beta-C_1-O-C_4$ glycosidic linkage.
It contains $2$ monosaccharide units.
Oligosaccharides that yield $2$ monosaccharide units upon hydrolysis are called disaccharides.
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