Excerpt from An Introduction to the Chemistry of Plant Products, Vol. 1: On the Nature and Significance of the Commoner Organic Compounds of Plants Classification Solubilities General tests Constitution and isomerism of sugars Oxidation products of sugars Characterization of Sugars Monosaccharides Pentoses General properties Properties of individual pentoses Arabinose Xylose Ribose Apiose Methyl pentoses Hexoses Distinction between aldoses and ketoses Glucose or dextrose Occurrence Preparation Properties Reactions Microchemical tests Fructose or levulose Occurrence Preparation Properties Reactions Constitution Sorbose Galactose Occurrence Preparation Properties Detection Mannose Occurrence Preparation Properties Detection Heptoses Disaccharides Action of enzymes on disaccharides Cane sugar, sucrose or saccharose Occurrence Preparation Constitution Properties Reactions Turanose Maltose Properties and reactions Isomaltose Cellobiose Iso-cellobiose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.