reducing sugar

noun

Any sugar that has a potential aldehyde or ketone functional group and thus reacts as a reducing agent.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounreducing sugar (plural reducing sugars)

plural reducing sugars

  1. chemistryAny sugar that has a potential aldehyde or ketone functional group and thus reacts as a reducing agent.
Cite this entry
APA

reducing sugar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reducing%20sugar

MLA

“reducing sugar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reducing%20sugar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reducing sugar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reducing%20sugar.

Source: reducing sugar on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.