Q. Raffinose is
A) Trisaccharide
B) Disaccharide
C) Monosaccharide
D) Polysaccharide
Explanation
(a)
Raffinose is a triaccharide. It gives three mol,es of monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
$C_{18}H_{32}O_{16} + \ 2H_{2}O\ \overset{\ \ \ \ \ H^{+}\ \ \ \ \ }{\rightarrow}\ glucose + fructose + galactose\$
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