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Maltotriose is a trisaccharide (three-part sugar) consisting of three glucose
Glucose

Glucose , a monosaccharide also known as grape sugar, blood sugar, or corn sugar, is a very important carbohydrate in biology....
 molecules linked with 1,4 glycosidic bond
Glycosidic bond

In chemistry, a glycosidic bond is a certain type of functional group that joins a carbohydrate molecule to another, which may be another carbohydrate....
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It is produced by the action of alpha amylase
Amylase

Amylase is an enzyme that breaks starch down into sugar. Amylase is present in human saliva, where it begins the chemical process of digestion....
 on amylose
Amylose

Amylose is a linear polymer of glucose linked mainly by a bonds. It can be made of several thousand glucose units. It is one of the two components of starch, the other being amylopectin....
 and starch
Starch

File:Amylose2.svgFile:Amylopektin Sessel.svgStarch or amylum is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds....
 due to the random manner in which alpha amylase hydrolyses a-1,4 glycosidic bond
Glycosidic bond

In chemistry, a glycosidic bond is a certain type of functional group that joins a carbohydrate molecule to another, which may be another carbohydrate....
s.








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Maltotriose is a trisaccharide (three-part sugar) consisting of three glucose
Glucose

Glucose , a monosaccharide also known as grape sugar, blood sugar, or corn sugar, is a very important carbohydrate in biology....
 molecules linked with 1,4 glycosidic bond
Glycosidic bond

In chemistry, a glycosidic bond is a certain type of functional group that joins a carbohydrate molecule to another, which may be another carbohydrate....
s.

It is produced by the action of alpha amylase
Amylase

Amylase is an enzyme that breaks starch down into sugar. Amylase is present in human saliva, where it begins the chemical process of digestion....
 on amylose
Amylose

Amylose is a linear polymer of glucose linked mainly by a bonds. It can be made of several thousand glucose units. It is one of the two components of starch, the other being amylopectin....
 and starch
Starch

File:Amylose2.svgFile:Amylopektin Sessel.svgStarch or amylum is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds....
 due to the random manner in which alpha amylase hydrolyses a-1,4 glycosidic bond
Glycosidic bond

In chemistry, a glycosidic bond is a certain type of functional group that joins a carbohydrate molecule to another, which may be another carbohydrate....
s.

See also

  • Glucose
    Glucose

    Glucose , a monosaccharide also known as grape sugar, blood sugar, or corn sugar, is a very important carbohydrate in biology....
  • Maltose
    Maltose

    Maltose, or malt sugar, is a disaccharide formed from two units of glucose joined with an a linkage. It is the second member of an important biochemical series of glucose chains....