Multiple choice

Which of the following sets represents disaccharides?

  1. Sophorose, turanose, ribose

  2. Furanose, gentiobiose, sucrose

  3. Sophorose, rutinose, mannose

  4. Furanose, glucose, ribose

  5. Turanose, rutinose, sophorose
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Explanation

A disaccharide is the carbohydrate formed when two monosaccharides undergo a condensation reaction which involves the elimination of a small molecule, such as water and from the functional groups only. The common examples of disaccharides are- sucrose, lactose, maltose, sophorose, turanose, rutinose etc.

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