Maltose natural sources

This particular trimethylglucose is unique in that it was separated in crystalline form from the hydrolyzates of the methyl ethers of several naturally-occurring glucose polymers almost two decades before it was synthesized from glucose. These natural sources, which still furnish the most convenient routes for the preparation of 2,3,6-trimethyl-D-glucose, include maltose,124-128 cellobiose,127,128 lactose,122-181 starch,71,182 glycogen,188,184 cellulose,185-187 and lichenin. 188,189 The literature pub-... 

Draw the structures of sucrose, lactose, and maltose. Give the natural sources of these common disaccharides. 

State the natural sources of sucrose, maltose, lactose, and starch. 

In more detail the nutrient medium used may contain sources of carbon such as starch, hydrolyzed starch, sugars such as lactose, maltose, dextrose, sucrose, or sugar sources such as molasses alcohols, such as glycerol and mannitol organic acids, such as citric acid and acetic acid and various natural products which may contain other nutrient materials in addition to carbonaceous substances. 

The method (scheme 1) was targeted to the utilization of readily available carbohydrate sources such as lactose, maltose starch and maltodextrins. It was applicable largely to the preparation of the (S)-acid 1 and the lactone 2 since naturally occurring hexoses have almost exclusively the D-configuration and the C5 carbon becomes the chiral center in the dihydroxy acid. More recently, direct access to the (R)-isomers 4 and 5 was made possible by the development of a similar oxidation method using 5-linked pentoses as the starting compounds... 

A source of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The starch of grains, potatoes, etc., is first hydrolyzed by natural sprouting, as in the preparation of barley malt, or by the addition of malt to it. The hydrolytic products, glucose and maltose, are then fermented by the addition of yeast, containing the enzymes, maltase, and zymase, and alcohol is thus produced. This has been fully discussed in the chapter on alcoholic fermentation, (p. 95). 

Starch.- —While many fermented liquors obtain sugar for conversion into alcohol from sources indicated above by far the largest single source of sugar, especially for distilled liquors, is the poly-saccharide, starch. Its importance arises from the fact that by suitable treatment almost 100% conversion of starch into fermentable sugars, dextrose, maltose, etc. can be obtained. Hence the general nature, occurrence and physical and chemical properties of starch are of major interest in the fermented liquor industry. 

Natural Starch. Very little of the available carbohydrate occurring naturally in foods occurs as the dissaccharides sucrose, lactose, or maltose or as the monosaccharides glucose or fructose. Cereal grains, roots, tubers, legumes, nuts, and some fruits and vegetables provide carbohydrate to the diet mainly as starch. The major sources of starch are the seeds of corn, rice, rye, sorghum, and wheat. Potatoes, which... 

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