The milk sugar, lactose, is made up of glucose and galactose. What type of a carbohydrate is lactose?

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anonymous · Answer

do u know what type of glucose and galactose r?

shrutipande9 · Answer

see lactose has 2 kinds of sugar so can u like name it based on this?

anonymous · Answer

A. Polysaccharides
B. Monosaccharides
C. Disaccharides

anonymous · Answer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate

shrutipande9 · Answer

u know d meaning of mono di and poly?
saccharide is sugar

anonymous · Answer

what do u think ?glucose and galactose are monosaccaride ,disaccaride or polysaccaride?

anonymous · Answer

lol i figured it out it was C

anonymous · Answer

I guessed and got it right

shrutipande9 · Answer

cool:D

anonymous · Answer

. They are the simplest form of sugar and are usually colorless, water-soluble, crystalline solids. Some monosaccharides have a sweet taste. Examples of monosaccharides include glucose (dextrose), fructose (levulose), galactose, xylose and ribose. Monosaccharides are the building blocks of disaccharides (such as..............now i sure u find out ur answer)

anonymous · Answer

Lactose is a disaccharide found in milk. It consists of a molecule of D-galactose and a molecule of D-glucose