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Distinguish between anomer and epimer with sultable examples?

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Carbohydrate molecules which differ in configuration at the glycosidic or anomeric carbon are called anomers while those differ in configuratin at any carbon other than anomeric carbon are called epimers.
For example, `alpha`-D-glucose and `beta`-D-glucose are anomers of each other as they differ in configuration at `C-1` (glycosidic or anomeric carbon). While glucose and galactose are epimers of each other since they differ in configuration at `C-4` (other than the glycosidic carbon C-1).
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