Difference between Cellobiose and Maltose
What is the difference between Cellobiose and Maltose?
Cellobiose as a noun is a disaccharide, found only as a repeat unit in cellulose, in which two glucose units are joined with a 1, 4-β linkage while Maltose as a noun is a disaccharide, c12h22o11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase.
Cellobiose
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A disaccharide, found only as a repeat unit in cellulose, in which two glucose units are joined with a 1, 4-β linkage
Maltose
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase.
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