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What is a disaccharide?

What is a disaccharide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.
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A non-woven textile is coated with a synthetic substance based on natural disaccharide and minerals.
For example, fruit pulp of many species contains the disaccharide sucrose and the hexoses, glucose and fructose.
The basic unit is a so-called mixed disaccharide consisting of glucuronic acid linked to N-acetyl-d-glucosamine.
Trehalose, a disaccharide of glucose, and sucrose can be viewed as naturally occurring stabilizing agents.
Use of a disaccharide as stabilizer for liquid protein mixtures comprising an agent for preventing microbial growth.
Sucralfate, a disaccharide sulfate, has been shown to have a strong antipepsin and antiulcer action.

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