reducing sugar
Glossaries
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reducing sugar |
Glossaries - GCSE chemistry
Glossaries Description -
A reducing sugar is any sugar that is capable of acting as a reducing agent. In an alkaline solution, a reducing sugar forms some aldehyde or ketone, which allows it to act as a reducing agent, for example in Benedict's reagent. In such a reaction, the sugar becomes a carboxylic acid.
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