sucrose

IPA: sˈukroʊs

(biochemistry) A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.

Examples of "sucrose" in Sentences

Sucrose gradient centrifugation.
Regulation of sucrose production.
Sucrose has the chemical formula.
Fructose is a component of sucrose.
Examples include sucrose and lactose.
Synthesis and biosynthesis of sucrose.
Sucrose is a white crystalline disaccharide.
A deficiency is responsible for sucrose intolerance.
The sugar in the nectar tends to be sucrose dominated.
Meanwhile, sucrose is simply consumed by all bacteria, Zehner said.
Treacle and Molasses are similar in composition in water and sucrose.
Just as sucrose is made of two simple sugars bound together, lactose is made of the two simple sugars glucose and galactose, bound together.
The counterargument is that sucrose, which is half fructose and half glucose, occurs naturally in fruit, and humans have eaten it for thousands of years.
Well, for one thing, high fructose corn syrup has a substantially worse effect on blood sugar than does the equivalent sweetness in sucrose from sugar cane.
The results are extremely concerning, but few commercial beverages are sweetened only with fructose; most are sweetened with sucrose, which is half glucose and half fructose.
The sugars found in our drinks are made up of the sugars in fruit juice and sucrose, which is needed to ensure that our drinks taste great – without it, they would taste too sharp.