English Explanatory Dictionary

reducing sugar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any sugar that has a potential aldehyde or ketone functional group and thus reacts as a reducing agent.

Word forms

reducing sugar reducing sugars

Related words

Benedict's reagent Fehling's solution
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