CARBOHYDRATES 



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Fig. 3-1. Ciy.stalliue form of derivatives of various sugars: (a) glucosa- 

 zonc, (b) lactosazone, (c) .xylosazone, id) maltosazone, (e) galactosazone, 



(f) mucic acid. 



biose is of interest particularly in connection with the chemistry of 

 cellulose, whicii aL-^o is built \\\) from tilncosc unit.>< attached to each 

 other through /?-l,4-linkages. Cellobiose, in fact, bears the same rela- 

 tionship to cellulose as maltose does to starch and can be obtained from 

 cellulose by partial hydrolysis. 



