disaccharide

Types:

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lactose, milk sugar

a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk

malt sugar, maltose

a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches

saccharose, sucrose

a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent

brain sugar, galactose

a simple sugar found in lactose

Type of:

oligosaccharide

any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis