Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Complex
sugar
(complex
carbohydrate
):
A
carbohydrate
that can be
hydrolyzed
into simpler
carbohydrates
.
Amylose
(a
polysaccharide
) is a complex
sugar
because its
hydrolysis
yields
D
-
glucopyranose
(a
monosaccharide
).
D
-
Glucopyranose
is a
simple sugar
(a
monosaccharide
) because it cannot be
hydrolyzed
.
Related terms:
Disaccharide
,
oligosaccharide
,
maltose
,
lactose
,
sucrose
,
trehalose
,
cellulose
,
starch
,
amylopectin
,
H
3
O
+
,
no reaction
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