Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Trehal
ose
:
A
disaccharide
composed of two
glucopyranose
molecules
with an
acetal
linkage between the
anomeric carbons
. Also called 1,1'-
α
-
D
-
glucopyranosyl
-
α
-
D
-
glucopyranoside
.
Molecular structure
of trehalose.
Related terms:
β
,
monosaccharide
,
maltose
,
lactose
,
sucrose
,
oligosaccharide
,
polysaccharide
,
nonreducing sugar
,
reducing sugar
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