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Q. Invert sugar is a mixture of

JIPMERJIPMER 2019Biomolecules

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Sucrose is dextrorotatory but after hydrolysis gives dextrorotatory glucose and laevorotatory fructose. The hydrolysis of sucrose brings about a change in the sign of rotation from dextro (+) to laevo (-) and the product is named as invert sugar.