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Trehalose vs Sucrose - What's the difference?

trehalose | sucrose |

As nouns the difference between trehalose and sucrose

is that trehalose is a disaccharide formed from two glucose units while sucrose is a disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.

trehalose

English

Noun

  • (biochemistry) A disaccharide formed from two glucose units

    • Quotations

    2004': The researchers fed a natural sugar called '''trehalose to mice genetically engineered to have a severe version of Huntington's disease. — ''New Scientist 24 Jan 2004, p.14

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    sucrose

    English

    (wikipedia sucrose)

    Noun

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  • (carbohydrate) A disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar

    • Synonyms

    * saccharose

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