maltose

Introduction

alpha-Glc(1-->4)Glc

Epidemiology

• maltose is derived from amylose a polysaccharide of alpha D-glucose linked through 1->4 glucosidic linkages.
  • amylose is one of 2 components of starch, comprising 20-30%

Laboratory

• solutions containing maltose may interfere with glucose-monitoring systems (those using glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinolinequinone (GDH-PQQ)

More general terms

• disaccharide

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=6255
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=539341