Trehalose
99-20-7
Trehalose
CAS: 99-20-7
Formula: C12H22O11
Other names: α,α‐Trehalose; α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→1)-α-D-glucopyranoside
Description:Trehalose also known as mycose or tremalose,is a
natural alpha-linked disaccharide formed by an α,α-1,1-glucoside bond between two α-glucose units. The enzyme trehalase, a glycoside hydrolase, present but not abundant in most people, breaks trehalose into two glucose molecules, which can then be readily absorbed in the gut.
Trehalose is the major carbohydrate energy storage molecule used by insects for flight. One possible reason for this is that the glycosidic linkage of trehalose, when acted upon by an insect trehalase, releases two molecules of glucose, which is required for the rapid energy requirements of flight. This is double the efficiency of glucose release from the storage polymer starch, for which cleavage of one glycosidic linkage releases only one glucose molecule.
Package:20KG/bag