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Reducing Sugars

September 12, 2017 By James Ashenhurst 4 Comments

What's a reducing sugar, and why is it important? Here's a quick summary. Full details in the post below. Better Living Through Chemistry Q.  Can you think of a situation where it might be useful to be able to measure the concentration of glucose in a solution (especially in blood or urine) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbohydrates, Organic Chemistry 2 Tagged With: aldehydes, benedicts test, carboxylic acids, fehlings solution, fructose, glucose, oxidation, reducing sugars, sucrose, tollens test

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