Question

what is disaccharides? where does it digest and absorbed, special characteristics and function

Answer 1

The diasaccrides are known as double sugar or a product combination of two monosaccharide ..

The two monosaccharide are joined together with glycosidic bond

The most comman example of diasaccride is

Sucrose

Lactose

Maltose

Special characteristics

1. Sucrose is formed from.

glucose and fructose

1. Most abundant diasaccride

2. Sugarcane is a source of sucrose

3. Present in plant tissue and is transported through phloem in large amount

2. Lactose

Made up of Glucose and galactose

It is a milk sugar

Source of energy in mammals

3. Maltose

Made up of Glucose and glucose

1. They are product of starch digestion by amylase enzymes

2. Occur in germinating seeds

Functions of diasaccride

They are used as sweeteners

Sucrose is a table sugar that is most commonly used

Lactose is found in breast milk

Maltose is found in choclates

Most of the digestion and absorption of diassacrides occurs in brush borders of small intestine

Diassacride is broken to monosaccharide and they are absorbed from small intestine

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