reducing sugar
1Reducing sugar — Reducing form of glucose A reducing sugar is any sugar that either has an aldehyde group or is capable of forming one in solution through isomerisation. This functional group allows the sugar to act as a reducing agent, for example in the Tollens …
2reducing sugar — n a sugar (as glucose, maltose, or lactose) that is capable of reducing a mild oxidizing agent (as Fehling solution) see BENEDICT S TEST compare NONREDUCING * * * any sugar that can act as a reducing agent in an alkaline solution; included are… …
3reducing sugar — noun : a sugar that is capable of reducing a mild oxidizing agent (as Fehling solution) glucose, maltose, and lactose are reducing sugars but sucrose and methyl glucoside are not compare benedict s test * * * reducing sugar, a saccharide, such as …
4reducing sugar — noun any sugar that has a potential aldehyde or ketone functional group and thus reacts as a reducing agent …
5Sugar substitute — Sweetener redirects here. For other uses, see Sweetener (disambiguation). Sugar free redirects here. For other uses, see Sugar free (disambiguation). Packets of Assugrin, a brand of cyclamate. A sugar substitute is a food additive that duplicates …
6Sugar alcohol — A sugar alcohol (also known as a polyol, polyhydric alcohol, or polyalcohol) is a hydrogenated form of carbohydrate, whose carbonyl group (aldehyde or ketone, reducing sugar) has been reduced to a primary or secondary hydroxyl group. Its general… …
7Sugar addiction — is a term for the situation where individuals crave sugar laden sweet foods and find it extremely difficult if not impossible to control their intake. The attraction to sugar had in the past been considered merely psychological dependence, but… …
8sugar — sugarless, adj. sugarlike, adj. /shoog euhr/, n. 1. a sweet, crystalline substance, C12H22O11, obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and… …
9Sugar beet — Taxobox name = Sugar beet image width = 270px image caption = Two sugar beets the one on the left has been selectively bred to be smoother than the traditional beet, so that it traps less soil. regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis =… …
10sugar — One of the sugars, q.v., pharmaceutical forms are compressible s. and confectioner s s.. SEE ALSO: sugars. [G. sakcharon; L. saccharum] amino sugars sugars in which a hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino group; e.g., d glucosamine.… …
