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any sugar that can act as a reducing agent in an alkaline solution; included are all monosaccharides and di- or oligosaccharides in which at least one anomeric carbon is a free aldehyde or keto group.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Reducing sugar — Reducing form of glucose A reducing sugar is any sugar that either has an aldehyde group or is capable of forming one in solution through isomerisation. This functional group allows the sugar to act as a reducing agent, for example in the Tollens … Wikipedia
reducing sugar — noun : a sugar that is capable of reducing a mild oxidizing agent (as Fehling solution) glucose, maltose, and lactose are reducing sugars but sucrose and methyl glucoside are not compare benedict s test * * * reducing sugar, a saccharide, such as … Useful english dictionary
reducing sugar — noun any sugar that has a potential aldehyde or ketone functional group and thus reacts as a reducing agent … Wiktionary
Sugar substitute — Sweetener redirects here. For other uses, see Sweetener (disambiguation). Sugar free redirects here. For other uses, see Sugar free (disambiguation). Packets of Assugrin, a brand of cyclamate. A sugar substitute is a food additive that duplicates … Wikipedia
Sugar alcohol — A sugar alcohol (also known as a polyol, polyhydric alcohol, or polyalcohol) is a hydrogenated form of carbohydrate, whose carbonyl group (aldehyde or ketone, reducing sugar) has been reduced to a primary or secondary hydroxyl group. Its general… … Wikipedia
Sugar addiction — is a term for the situation where individuals crave sugar laden sweet foods and find it extremely difficult if not impossible to control their intake. The attraction to sugar had in the past been considered merely psychological dependence, but… … Wikipedia
sugar — sugarless, adj. sugarlike, adj. /shoog euhr/, n. 1. a sweet, crystalline substance, C12H22O11, obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and… … Universalium
Sugar beet — Taxobox name = Sugar beet image width = 270px image caption = Two sugar beets the one on the left has been selectively bred to be smoother than the traditional beet, so that it traps less soil. regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis =… … Wikipedia
sugar — One of the sugars, q.v., pharmaceutical forms are compressible s. and confectioner s s.. SEE ALSO: sugars. [G. sakcharon; L. saccharum] amino sugars sugars in which a hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino group; e.g., d glucosamine.… … Medical dictionary
Sugar Act — American Revenue Act 1764 Parliament of Great Britain Long title An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America,; for continuing, amending, and making perpetual, an act passed in the sixth year of the reign… … Wikipedia
