Is amylose reducing sugar or non reducing sugar - Biology - Biomolecules

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Is amylose reducing sugar or non reducing sugar?

Riya Gupta · Accepted Answer

Dear student,Reducing sugars are the sugars which have free OH
group Amylose is a linear poly-D-glucose in which the
monosaccharides are connected by alpha 1, 4 linkages One end of the
amylose has free OH group so it is known as reducing end So amylose
is a reducing sugar Thanks and regards