Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Lact
ose
:
A
disaccharide
composed of one
molecule
of
glucopyranose
and one
molecule
of
galactopyranose
, connected with an
acetal
linkage. Also called 1,4'-
β
-
D
-
galactopyranosyl
-
D
-
glucopyranose
.
Molecular structure
of lact
ose
.
Related terms:
Monosaccharide
,
α
,
sucrose
,
maltose
,
trehalose
,
oligosaccharide
,
polysaccharide
,
cellulose
,
starch
,
amylose
,
amylopectin
,
wavy line
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