Maltose Maltose, the disaccharide obtained by enzyme-catalyzed
hydrolysis of starch, consists of two D-glucopyranoses joined by a 1,4'-beta-glycoside
bond.Both maltose is reducing sugars because the anomeric carbons on the
right-hand sugar are part of a hemiacetal.
Maltose, a 1,4'-beta-glycoside
[4-0 -(beta-D-Glucopyranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranose]