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Question
What do you understand by the term glycosidic linkage?
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Solution
Glycosidic linkage refers to the linkage formed between two monosaccharide units through an oxygen atom by the loss of a water molecule.
For example, in a sucrose molecule, two monosaccharide units, α-glucose and β-fructose, are joined together by a glycosidic linkage.
Sucrose
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