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C12H22O11
342.3 g/mol
Food Additive

Maltose

CAS69-79-4EC200-716-5
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Natural Product
Primary Use
nutritive sweetener

Maltose, also known as maltobiose or malt sugar, is a disaccharide composed of two glucose units linked by an α(1→4) bond. It is the fundamental structural unit of starch and is commonly used as a nutritive sweetener in foods.

nutritive sweetenerfood additive

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Referencestereoisomer of

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Referencestereoisomer of

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Identifiers
IUPAC Name

(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-4,5,6-trihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triol

InChIKey

GUBGYTABKSRVRQ-PICCSMPSSA-N

SMILES

C([C@@H]1[C@H]([C@@H]([C@H]([C@H](O1)O[C@@H]2[C@H](OC([C@@H]([C@H]2O)O)O)CO)O)O)O)O

Synonyms (34)
  • M-0955
  • Maltose; Glucose EP Impurity A
  • Advanctose 100
  • Cextromaltose
  • Finetose
  • Finetose F
  • Madoros (TN)
  • Malt sugar
  • Maltobiose
  • Maltodiose
  • Maltose (NF)
  • Maltose anhydrous
  • Maltose, pure
  • Maltose, unspecified
  • Maltotetraose Deuterated
  • Malzzucker
  • Sunmalt
  • Sunmalt S
  • alpha-D-Glcp-(1->4)-D-Glcp
  • alpha-Malt sugar
  • maltose