Biological Science (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321976499
Author: Scott Freeman, Kim Quillin, Lizabeth Allison, Michael Black, Emily Taylor, Greg Podgorski, Jeff Carmichael
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 12PIAT
Sucrose is cleaved in your saliva by the enzyme sucrase to release glucose and fructose. Use the structural formula of sucrose to describe fructose using the terms that define its carbon number and placement of the carbonyl group.
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