LACTOSE 500 grams/bottle

Lactose is a disaccharide composed of the monosaccharides glucose and galactose, and it is synthesized only by the cells of the lactating mammary gland. Its empirical formula is C12H22O11. Lactose is one of the three major solid components of milk and its only carbohydrate. Lactose is used in microbiology as a source of carbon and energy, and also allows differentiating bacteria that can ferment lactose from non-fermenting lactose bacteria. Lactose utilization is the primary function of lactic acid bacteria used in industrial dairy fermentation. Disaccharides are sweet, water soluble and crystalline. This disaccharide, along with dextrose, constitute the most commonly used carbohydrates used in biology today.