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what is a reducing sugar?? would you plz help me

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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' test or Benedict's test... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reducing_sugar

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