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chemistry
Dr. Mohammad Waseem Kausar
Assistant professor, Biochemistry
IMDC
SOME PROPERTIES OF
MONOSECCHARIDES
1. formation of polyols or
alcohol
when carbonyl gp is reduced to a
hydroxyl gp
Keto sugar of more then 3 c can
sorbitol (DM)
Sugar alcohol though derived from
reducing m/s are not reducing agents,
exist only in straight chain form.
Uses of sugar alcohol → prevention of
dental caries,
mannitol
2,Oxidation to form Sugar
Acids
glucose
D-Glucuronic acid