maltose
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- noun
- /ˈmæltoʊs/
- Specialized
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maltosa
- Less commonly encountered is maltose, a combination of two molecules of glucose.
So for me, those intolerances are sucrose, maltose, beanos, lactose.
- So for me, those intolerances are sucrose, maltose, beanos, lactose.
Examples
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It has long been known that Drosophila raised on starch media are more likely to mate with other starch-raised flies, whereas those fed maltose have similar preferences.
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Glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, lactose, dextrose, and starch are all forms of sugar.
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Another question is why lactose and not sucrose or maltose?
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The maltose-syrup glaze coating the skin is the secret.
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The sugar in honey is 43% glucose, 50% fructose, 4% galactose, 2% maltose, 1% sucrose, and trace amounts of other sugars.
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The process, called malting, occurs when moistened barley grains are allowed to germinate and, incidentally, to convert inborn starches into a fermentable sugar called maltose.
Academic text (1994) -
Maltose is a sugar made of two linked glucose units, commonly found in beer.
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When starch is broken down, it produces sugars like maltose that are sweet.
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In brewing, maltose is an essential sugar that yeast ferments to create alcohol.
Synonyms
A white sweet crystal that forms when grain starch breaks during malting
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word maltose comes from malt, a grain used to make beer, and the sugar ending -ose, the same ending in glucose. So maltose literally means the 'sugar from malt' and is the sugar made when starch breaks down, usually as two glucose units.