Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Hydrolysis of sucrose is called ______.
Options
inversion
hydration
esterification
saponification
Advertisements
Solution
Hydrolysis of sucrose is called inversion.
Explanation:
Hydrolysis of sucrose produces one molecule of glucose and one molecule of fructose, a process known as inversion.
RELATED QUESTIONS
What do you understand by the term glycosidic linkage?
Answer the following question.
Write the products obtained after the hydrolysis of lactose.
Which of the following is a disaccharide?
The commonest disaccharide has the molecular formula:
Maltose and glucose are ____________.
Sucrose on hydrolysis gives:
Which one of the following statement is correct about sucrose?
Match the following enzyms given in Column I with the reactions they catalyse given in Column II.
| Column I (Enzymes) | Column II (Reactions) |
| (i) Invertase | (a) Decomposition of urea into NH3 and CO2 |
| (ii) Maltase | (b) Conversion of glucose into ethyl alcohol |
| (iii) Pepsin | (c) Hydrolysis of maltose into glucose |
| (iv) Urease | (d) Hydrolysis of cane sugar |
| (v) Zymase | (e) Hydrolysis of proteins into peptides |
Maltose is made of
Which disaccharide is present in milk?
