disaccharide

noun

di·sac·cha·ride (ˌ)dī-ˈsa-kə-ˌrīd

: any of a class of sugars (such as sucrose) that yields on hydrolysis two monosaccharide molecules

Examples of disaccharide in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lactose is a disaccharide, meaning it is composed of two types of simpler sugars, glucose and galactose, that are bound together. —

Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024 Lactose is the carbohydrate component of milk – a disaccharide composed of D-glucose and D-galactose. —

Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2015 One simple way to caramelize table sugar is by heating: this process removes water from the disaccharide sucrose (a substance composed of two simple sugars) and breaks it down into monosaccharides fructose and glucose. —

Catherine Hu, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2014 The table or granulated sugar most customarily used as food is sucrose, a disaccharide (in the body, sucrose hydrolyses into fructose and glucose). —

Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2013 The second is disaccharides, which are just two of these single sugar molecules linked together: sucrose, or table sugar (glucose + fructose); lactose, or milk sugar (glucose + galactose); and maltose, or malt sugar (glucose + glucose). —

Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 24 June 2019 FODMAP stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols. —

Don Rauf, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017

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