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Interpretation: To identify the active location where the digestion of sucrose begins and the reaction that occurs.
Concept introduction: Carbohydrates are the
Carbohydrates are classified as monosaccharide, disaccharide, oligosaccharide, and polysaccharide. Disaccharides contain two monosaccharide units. Sucrose, lactose, galactose are some expales of disaccharides.
Digestion is defined as the biochemical process by which the food molecules are broken down into small chemical units through hydrolysis and these simpler chemical units are used by cells present in the body for their
Dietary carbohydrates are taken by mouth where the
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