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What are reducing and non-reducing sugars ? What is the structural feature characterising reducing sugars ? What is an invert sugar ?

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The main structural feature of reducing sugars is the presence of an aldehyde group `(-CO)` such as in glucose, mannose, galactose , etc. . Or the `alpha` -ketol grouping `(-CO-CH_2OH)` as present in fructose.
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