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a simple sugar found in lactose

a simple sugar found in lactose

An aldohexose that occurs naturally in the D-form in lactose, cerebrosides, gangliosides, and mucoproteins. Deficiency of galactosyl-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALACTOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYL-TRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE) causes an error in galactose metabolism called GALACTOSEMIA, resulting in elevations of galactose in the blood.

A dextrorotatory monosaccharid (hexose) occurring as one of the products, with dextrose, of the hydrolysis of lactose.

Product of dilute acids acting on lactose.

A sugar prepared from milk-sugar.

A carbohydrate, C6H12O6, derived from milk sugar by the action of enzymes or by boiling with a mineral acid. In chemical constitution it is a pentahydric alcohol and an aldehyd containing six carbon atoms. [Gr.]