REDUCING AND NON-REDUCING SUGAR, EPIMERS AND ANOMERS

Calculation OF Number OF Optical Isomers|| No. OF Epimers|| No.OF Anomers

Identify the non - reducing sugar.

Reducing sugar is

Define the following terms: (a) Anomers (b) Peptide bond (c) Reducing sugar.

Assertion: In phloem, sugars are translocated in non-reducing form. Reason : Non-reducing sugars are most reactive sugars.

A non-reducing sugar is