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galactose

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galactose: see lactose lactose (lăk`tōs) or milk sugar, white crystalline disaccharide (see carbohydrate ).
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galactose

Organic compound, a monosaccharide, chemical formula C6H12O6. It is usually found in nature combined with other sugars, for example, in lactose, in polysaccharides, and in glycolipids, carbohydrate-containing lipids that occur in the brain and other nervous tissues of most animals. It has uses in organic synthesis and in medicine.
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1998) with 2% galactose and supplemented with the required auxotrophic requirements.
Methylarsonous acid transport by aquaglyceroporins by Rosen, Barry P. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Soymilk does not contain lactose or galactose and is certainly a simple alternative to cow's milk.
Milk and ovarian cancer by Mangels, Reed / Vegetarian Journal
1) (He made it by doctoring regular milk with lactase, an enzyme that breaks lactose into its component sugars--glucose and galactose.
Who ya gonna call? GasBusters. (Cover Story) by Liebman, Bonnie / Nutrition Action Healthletter
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