As disaccharides travel through the body they are broken down into simple sugars, or monosaccharides, by a process called hydrolysis. This process is facilitated
In your body, a disaccharide function isto provide your body with a quick source of energy. Because they're only made up of two sugar molecules, they're easily broken down by enzymes in your digestive system into their respective monosaccharides and then absorbed into your bloodstream. Why is...
During the chemical digestion of starch with amylase, the starch molecules are first broken down to smaller polysaccharides known as _ and then to the disaccharide _. A. dextrin; lactose B. dextrin; maltose C. dextrin; sucrose D. maltose; dextri...
[5]. Some maltose can be absorbed as such, without being broken down into glucose[6]. Maltose and its digestion product glucose attract water from the intestinal wall (osmotic effect) so they can cause diarrhea if consumed in excess. The laxation threshold for maltose in healthy people is ...