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Both glucose and fructose are reducing sugars but sucrose is non reducing in nature. Why?

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Glucose & fructose
In aq. Solution these sacc. Containing hemiacetal or hemiketals exits in equal. With a small amount of open chain aldehyde or `alpha-`hydroxy ketonic form and when treated with reagents, open chain form oxidize. In sucrose reducing part are not free and are involve in glycosidic linkage.
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