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How are glycosidic linkages formed?
Consider glycosidic linkages in disaccharides.
I know a condensation reaction occurs, with the loss of water.
But which OH is lost? The O in the linkage belongs to which monosaccharide?
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How does existence of alpha and beta form of glucose prove that it exists as a cyclic structure
My book says that
Glucose is found to exist in two different crystalline forms which are
named as $\alpha$ and $\beta$.
Next it says that
This behaviour could not be explained by the open ...
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How is it that fructose has a different metabolic pathway than glucose but yet glucose is converted to fructose?
Fructose is described to have a different metabolic pathway (a more fat-inducing one) than glucose (see: http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/difference-between-sucrose-glucose-fructose-8704.html) as it ...
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