Lactose: Difference between revisions

'''Lactose''' (also referred to as ''milk sugar'') is a [[sugar]] which is found most notably in [[milk]]. 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. Its systematic name is galactosyl-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1↔4)

glucose.