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प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
What is reducing sugar?
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उत्तर
- A sugar that serves as a reducing agent due to the presence of free aldehyde or ketone group is called a reducing sugar.
- These sugars reduce Benedict’s reagent (Cu2+ to Cu+) since they are capable of transferring hydrogens (electrons) to other compounds, a process called reduction.
- All monosaccharides are reducing sugars.
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