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What Are Carbohydrates? — Structure & Function

By Aaron Lauer
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Candies contain sucrose, made of glucose and fructose. Milk contains lactose, which contains glucose and galactose. Finally, Baked goods contain starch, which is made of glucose chains. These glucose chains are made of maltose, which is a disaccharide of glucose.

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Which of these is an example of a disaccharide?

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