How can a complex sugar be distinguished from a simple one?

Subject: How can a complex sugar be distinguished from a simple one?

Date: Fri Nov 13 12:54:53 1998
Posted by Robert Schmidt
Grade level: 10-12
School: Kungsholmen's International School
City: Värmdö State/Province: No state entered.
Country: Sweden
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 910983293.Ch

Message:


I know how to distinguish a simple sugar from a complex one if I have 
the formula of the sugar, but the thing is that the only information 
about the sugars has been obtained from Trommer's test. The sugars 
are: glucose, maltose, saccharine, lactose and starch.

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