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Cellobiose vs Maltose - What's the difference?

cellobiose | maltose |

In carbohydrate terms the difference between cellobiose and maltose

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 maltose is a disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase.

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

    • maltose

    English

    (wikipedia maltose)

    Noun

  • (carbohydrate) A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase.

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