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Sucrose is a non reducing sugar, this fact is best explained by

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a

Sucrose contains a ketose sugar 

b

Absence of anomeric hydroxyl group in sucrose

c

Presence of hemiacetal glucose in sucrose

d

Furanose form of fructose present in sucrose

answer is B.

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The anomeric hydroxyl groups present in both glucose and fructose involve in glycosidic linkage. No free anomeric -OH gp in sucrose, it is a non-reducing sugar

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