還かん元げん糖とう

noun

reducing sugar

A sugar that can donate electrons to another chemical, often detected by its reaction with Benedict's or Fehling's solution. Used in biochemistry and food chemistry.

• ブドウ糖とうは代だい表ひょう的てきな還かん元げん糖とうです。

  Glucose is a typical reducing sugar.

• 還かん元げん糖とうの量りょうを測そく定ていする実じっ験けんを行おこなった。

  We conducted an experiment to measure the amount of reducing sugar.