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Maltose

Maltose Meaning & Definition
Maltose Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maltose?

[n] a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches

Synonyms | Synonyms for Maltose: malt sugar

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See Also | disaccharide

Maltose In Webster's Dictionary

\Malt"ose`\, n. [From {Malt}.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.

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