Lactose
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Lactose is a disaccharide that consists of galactose and glucose molecules. Lactose makes up around 2-8% of the solids in milk. The name comes from the Latin word for milk, plus the -ose ending used to name sugars.
[change] Digestion of lactose
Infant mammals are fed on milk by their mothers. To digest it an enzyme called lactase cleaves the molecule into its two subunits glucose and galactose for absorption.
[change] Other websites
- Study Detects Recent Instance of Human Evolution (Finding that lactose tolerance is a recent change)
