Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (8th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134015187
Author: John E. McMurry, David S. Ballantine, Carl A. Hoeger, Virginia E. Peterson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20, Problem 20.86GP
Many people who are lactose intolerant can eat yogurt, which is prepared from milk curdled by bacteria, without any digestive problems. Give a reason why this is possible. (Hint: Read the label on each of several yogurt containers. Do the ingredients make a difference?)
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Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (8th Edition)
Ch. 20.1 - Classify the following monosaccharides as an...Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 20.2PCh. 20.2 - Prob. 20.3PCh. 20.2 - Prob. 20.4PCh. 20.2 - Prob. 20.6PCh. 20.3 - D-Talose, a constituent of certain antibiotics,...Ch. 20.3 - Prob. 20.8PCh. 20.3 - Draw the structure that completes the mutarotation...Ch. 20.4 - Prob. 20.10KCPCh. 20.4 - Prob. 20.11P
Ch. 20.4 - Prob. 20.12PCh. 20.4 - Prob. 20.13PCh. 20.4 - Prob. 20.1CIAPCh. 20.4 - Prob. 20.2CIAPCh. 20.4 - All cells in your body contain glycoproteins...Ch. 20.5 - Draw the structure of the and anomers that...Ch. 20.6 - Prob. 20.15PCh. 20.6 - Prob. 20.16PCh. 20.6 - Prob. 20.17KCPCh. 20.7 - Prob. 20.4CIAPCh. 20.7 - Prob. 20.5CIAPCh. 20.7 - Prob. 20.6CIAPCh. 20.7 - Prob. 20.7CIAPCh. 20.7 - Prob. 20.18PCh. 20.7 - Prob. 20.19PCh. 20.7 - Prob. 20.8CIAPCh. 20.7 - Prob. 20.9CIAPCh. 20.7 - Prob. 20.10CIAPCh. 20 - During the digestion of starch from potatoes, the...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.21UKCCh. 20 - Consider the trisaccharide A, B, C shown in...Ch. 20 - Hydrolysis of both glycosidic bonds in the...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.24UKCCh. 20 - Are one or more of the disaccharides maltose,...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.26UKCCh. 20 - Prob. 20.27UKCCh. 20 - Prob. 20.28APCh. 20 - What is the family-name ending for a sugar?Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.30APCh. 20 - Classify the four carbohydrates (a)(d) by...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.32APCh. 20 - How many chiral carbon atoms are there in each of...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.34APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.35APCh. 20 - Name four important monosaccharides and tell where...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.37APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.38APCh. 20 - What is the structural relationship between...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.40APCh. 20 - In Section 15.6, you saw that aldehydes react with...Ch. 20 - Sucrose and D-glucose rotate plane-polarized light...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.43APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.44APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.45APCh. 20 - What is mutarotation? Do all chiral molecules do...Ch. 20 - What are anomers, and how do the anomers of a...Ch. 20 - What is the structural difference between the ...Ch. 20 - D-Gulose, an aldohexose isomer of glucose, has the...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.50APCh. 20 - In its open-chain form, D-altrose has the...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.52APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.53APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.54APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.55APCh. 20 - What is the structural difference between a...Ch. 20 - What are glycosides, and how can they be formed?Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.58APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.59APCh. 20 - Give the names of three important disaccharides....Ch. 20 - Lactose and maltose are reducing disaccharides,...Ch. 20 - Amylose (a form of starch) and cellulose are both...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.63APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.64APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.65APCh. 20 - Gentiobiose, a rare disaccharide found in saffron,...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.67APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.68APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.69APCh. 20 - Amylopectin (a form of starch) and glycogen are...Ch. 20 - What is the physiological purpose of starch in a...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.72APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.73APCh. 20 - Prob. 20.74CPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.75CPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.76CPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.77CPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.78CPCh. 20 - Write the open-chain structure of the only...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.80CPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.81CPCh. 20 - When a person cannot digest galactose, its reduced...Ch. 20 - Describe the differences between mono-, di-, and...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.84CPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.85CPCh. 20 - Many people who are lactose intolerant can eat...Ch. 20 - Prob. 20.87GPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.88GPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.89GP
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