A reducing sugar has a free aldehyde or ketone group that can be oxidized. Sucrose, a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose, has both of its anomeric carbons involved in the glycosidic linkage, preventing either of them from forming a free aldehyde or ketone group.
Which is not a reducing sugar?
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