Encyclopedia: Lactose
Lactose is a sugar which is found most notably in milk. Lactose makes up around 28% of milk . The name comes from the Latin word for milk, plus the -ose ending used to name sugars. Its systematic name is -D-galactopyranosyl--D-glucopyranose. Lactose is a disaccharide that consists of -D-galactose and -D-glucose fragments bonded through a 1-4 glycosidic linkage. Lactose has a solubility of 1 in 4.63 measured %w/v. This translates...
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