what functional group in glucose has reducing properties
Reducing sugar All monosaccharides are reducing sugars because all monosaccharides have an aldehyde group (if they are aldoses) or can tautomerize in solution to form an aldehyde group (if they are ketoses).[5] This includes common monosaccharides like galactose, glucose, glyceraldehyde, fructose, ribose, and xylose.