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Why cannot vitamin `C` be stored in our body ?

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Vitamin C cannot be stored in the body because it is water soluble and is, therefore, easily excreted in urine.
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  7. What are reducing sugars ?

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  9. Classify the following into monosaccharides and disaccharides: Ribose,...

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  10. What do you understand by the term glycosidic linkage?

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  11. What is glycogen? How is it different from starch?

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  12. What are the hydrolysis products of (i) sucrose and (ii) lactose?

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  13. What is the basic structural difference between starch and cellulose?

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