Name: D-Lactose monohydrate
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- Overview
  - Lactose is the principal sugar in human and most other mammalian milks, ( 4-O-(β-d-galactopyranosyl)-d-glucopyranose) (Collins, 2006). Lactose undergoes mutarotation; it is a reducing sugar and is significantly less soluble in water than sucrose. Lactose is much less sweet than sucrose (at ~1% about 0.15 (sucrose=1). The enzyme lactase (β-galactosidase), which is present in the small intestine, catalyzes hydrolysis of lactose to form glucose and galactose. Anhydrous lactose is an excipient, filler, diluent, and bulking agent in a wide variety of pharmaceutical tablets, capsules, powders and other preparations. Lactose also has applications as a nutrient and multi-functional ingredient in infant formulae, geriatric, dietetic and health foods (Linko, 1982).
    
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- Properties
  - Categories
    
    Lactooligosaccharides
    
    Alternative Name
    
    4-O-b-D-Galactopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose monohydrate;b-D-Gal-(1,4)-D-Glc
    
    CAS Number
    
    64044-51-5
    
    Molecular Formula
    
    C12H22O11·H2O
    
    Molecular Weight
    
    360.31 g/mol
    
    MDL Number
    
    MFCD00166994
    
    Note
    
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- Reference
  - Collins (2006), Dictionary of Carbohydrates, Chapman&Hall, L-13, p 677.
    Linko (1982), Lactose and Lactitol, in Nutritive Sweeteners, Eds Birch and Parker, Applied Science, P109