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Disaccharide

A disaccharide is a molecule formed from two sugars connected by a specific bond.

The two sugars can be identical such as maltose (glucose-glucose), or different such as sucrose (glucose-fructose).

A molecule of sucrose, a disaccharide, formed from glucose (on the left) and fructose (on the right). © Peter-Paul Peterson, Wikimedia public domain

A molecule of sucrose, a disaccharide, formed from glucose (on the left) and fructose (on the right). © Peter-Paul Peterson, Wikimedia public domain


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