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Cellobiose vs Lactose - What's the difference?

cellobiose | lactose |

In carbohydrate terms the difference between cellobiose and lactose

is that cellobiose 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 lactose is the disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, (a product of glucose and galactose) used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

cellobiose

English

Noun

(wikipedia cellobiose)
  • (carbohydrate) A disaccharide, found only as a repeat unit in cellulose, in which two glucose units are joined with a 1, 4-? linkage

    • lactose

    English

    (wikipedia lactose)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, (a product of glucose and galactose) used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

    • Synonyms

    * lactobiose

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