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camila

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on: Jun 5, 2013
Lactose, a sugar in milk, is composed of one glucose molecule joined by a glycosidic linkage to one galactose molecule. How is lactose classified?
A) as a pentose
B) as a hexose
C) as a monosaccharide
D) as a disaccharide
E) as a polysaccharide


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Reply #1 on: Jun 6, 2013
Try this as the answer D. Hope it helps.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 6, 2013
Thanks :-*


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