A white crystalline sugar, C12 H22 O11 , formed during the digestion of starch.
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A white, crystalline, dextrorotatory disaccharide obtained by the action of the diastase of malt on starch.
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A white disaccharide, C12 H22 O11 , formed during the digestion of starch.
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A sugar made by the action of various enzymes on starch. It is formed in the body during digestion. Maltose is a disaccharide consisting of two linked glucose molecules. Chemical formula:C12H22O11.
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American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Maltose Sentence Examples
Saccharomyces Marxianus will not hydrolyse maltose, but it does attack cane sugar and ferment the products of hydrolysis.
The glucose of commerce, which may be regarded as a mixture of grape sugar, maltose and dextrins, is prepared by hydrolysing starch by boiling with a dilute mineral acid.
By acting with hydrochloric acid on glucose Fischer obtained isomaltose, a disaccharose very similar to maltose but differing in being amorphous and unfermentable by yeast.
Thus, a form termed Photobacterium phosphorescens by Beyerinck will absorb maltose, and will become luminous if that sugar is present, whereas P. Pflugeri is indifferent to maltose.
Its action here is to convert maltose to glucose (a monosaccharide) ready for absorption.