reducing sugar


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a sugar (for example, glucose in the urine) that has the property of reducing various inorganic ions, notably cupric ion to cuprous ion.

reducing sugar

a sugar containing free aldehyde (H -C=O) or keto (C=O) groups capable of reducing metal ions such as Cu+ and Ag+. Reducing sugars such as glucose and fructose will reduce solutions in Benedict's test and FEHLING'S TEST.
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The influence of storage interval and treatments on the reducing sugar of jam samples are shown in Table 4.
Influence of carrot pulp fortified with different concentrations of apple pulp on blended jam
For determination of reducing Sugar (Glucose), 1 mL of the plant extract/digested solution was taken in 25 mL glass test tube.
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Total, reducing and non-reducing sugars (%): Total and reducing sugars in the orange fruit juice were estimated by titration as described in AOAC (1995).
INFLUENCE OF HARVESTING DATES ON FRUIT QUALITY AND STORAGE PERFORMANCE OF SWEET ORANGE (BLOOD RED) FRUIT
Tesco started reducing sugar in its soft drinks in 2011, and today the final 50 products in the 251-strong range have been reformulated to below 5 grams per 100ml.
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The color of fries is based upon the reducing sugar content of the tubers.
Assessing the Processing Quality of Different Potato Cultivars during Storage at Various Temperatures
The FHIA2 variety had the highest reducing sugar levels although it did not differ statistically from the Thap Maeo.
Physico-chemical characterization of banana varieties resistant to black leaf streak disease for industrial purposes/Caracterizacao fisico-quimica de variedades de banana resistentes a sigatoka negra para fins industriais
The concentration of reducing sugar after both steps was measured using DNS method.
Two stage pretreatment of date's seeds for fermentable sugar production
Pretreatment was performed by varying three important process variables such as weight percentage of sodium hydroxide, temperature and sonication time to achieve the maximal yield of reducing sugar as shown in Table 1.
Bioethanol production and optimization by response surface methodology from corn cobs by alkali pretreated
In order to establish which alternative sweetener to choose when replacing or reducing sugar, it is important to consider the functional properties of sugar:
The mathematics of replacing sugar
19] observed similar trend of decrease in sucrose (the main non reducing sugar in cocoa beans) from 2.
Changes in some biochemical qualities during drying of pulp pre-conditioned and fermented cocoa (Theobroma cacao) beans
Shelly Shenoy decided to take matters into her own hands - to see if reducing sugar really did help in weight loss.
Read Food Labels, find Substitutes for Sugar
Washington, January 16 ( ANI ): Reducing sugar intake has a small but significant effect on body weight in adults, researchers say.
Cutting down sugar intake 'has small but significant effect on body weight'

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