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Q. Reducing sugars are

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Reducing sugar is the one that has a free aldehyde or a free ketone group. All monosaccharides are reducing sugars. Glucose, fructose, maltose, galactose and lactose are monosaccharides that are reducing in nature. Cellulose, starch, glycogen and trehalose are also reducing polysaccharides.