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Why are sugars classified as reducing and non- reducing sugars ?

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`to` Carbohydrates that reduce fehling's reagent, tollen's reagent are called reducing sugars. Eg: Glucose.
`to` arbohydrates that doesnot reduce fehling's reagent, tollen's reagent are called non reducing sugars. Eg: Sucrose.
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