Lactose, or milk sugar, is a disaccharide composed of galactose and glucose and has the molecular formula C12H22O11. Lactose makes up around 2–8% of milk...
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Lactose intolerance is caused by a lessened ability or a complete inability to digest lactose, a sugar found in dairy products. Humans vary in the amount...
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Lac operon (redirect from Lactose operon)
The lactose operon (lac operon) is an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in E. coli and many other enteric bacteria. Although...
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Lactase (redirect from Lactose galactohydrolase)
the lactose naturally found in milk, leaving it slightly sweet but digestible by everyone. Without lactase, lactose-intolerant people pass the lactose undigested...
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Lactase persistence (redirect from Lactose persistence)
Lactase persistence or lactose tolerance is the continued activity of the lactase enzyme in adulthood, allowing the digestion of lactose in milk. In most mammals...
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Kefir (section Decreased lactose content)
lactose down into glucose and galactose. As a result of the fermentation, lactose levels are decreased by 20–30% with respect to the initial lactose levels...
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Dairy product (section Lactose levels)
varying degrees. Some people avoid some or all dairy products because of lactose intolerance, veganism, environmental concerns, other health reasons or...
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Lactose permease is a membrane protein which is a member of the major facilitator superfamily. Lactose permease can be classified as a symporter, which...
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Milk (section Lactose intolerance)
Milk contains many nutrients, including calcium and protein, but also lactose and saturated fat. As an agricultural product, dairy milk is collected...
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CLED agar (cystine–lactose–electrolyte-deficient agar or medium) is a valuable non-inhibitory growth medium used in the isolation and differentiation...
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FODMAP (section Fructose and lactose)
and galactooligosaccharides (GOS, stachyose, raffinose), disaccharides (lactose), monosaccharides (fructose), and sugar alcohols (polyols), such as sorbitol...
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Yogurt (section Lactose intolerance)
people with lactose malabsorption. Lactose intolerance is a condition in which people have symptoms due to the decreased ability to digest lactose, a sugar...
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Galactose (section Relationship to lactose)
of glucose. A galactose molecule linked with a glucose molecule forms a lactose molecule. Galactan is a polymeric form of galactose found in hemicellulose...
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intestinal tract) bacteria and differentiate them based on lactose fermentation. Lactose fermenters turn red or pink on MacConkey agar, and nonfermenters...
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Lac repressor (redirect from Lactose repressor)
coding for proteins involved in the metabolism of lactose in bacteria. These genes are repressed when lactose is not available to the cell, ensuring that the...
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Milk substitute (section Lactose intolerance)
particularly important to consumers who suffer from cow's milk allergies, lactose intolerances or hypercholesterolemia. Individuals who adhere to dairy-free...
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six-carbon sugars (also, disaccharides of six-carbon sugars, e.g. sucrose or lactose) are converted into cellular energy and the metabolite lactate, which is...
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February (redirect from National Lactose Intolerance Awareness Month)
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th...
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Whey cheese (section Lactose content)
cheeses, about 50% of milk solids remain in the whey, including most of the lactose and lactalbumin. The production of whey cheese allows cheesemakers to use...
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('hydrolysed lactose') and refers to the low lactose content of HYLA milk products. Milk products with the HYLA label contain less than 1% lactose, so they...
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sugars (e.g., fructose (fruit sugar), sucrose (cane or beet sugar), ribose, lactose (milk sugar)). Carbohydrates perform numerous roles in living organisms...
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bacteria that ferment lactose (e.g., E. coli) from those that do not (e.g., Salmonella, Shigella). Organisms that ferment lactose appear dark/black or...
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are simple sugars soluble in water. Three common examples are sucrose, lactose, and maltose. Disaccharides are one of the four chemical groupings of carbohydrates...
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milk heist at Lactose Farms before she was caught and imprisoned. She agrees to forgive Vic if he, Garfield, and Odie break into Lactose Farms to steal...
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based on lactose fermentation abilities. Strong lactose fermenters will appear as dark blue/purple/black, and E.coli (which also ferments lactose) colonies...
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while sour whey contains about 0.1% fat. The carbohydrates are mainly lactose. The proteins are known as lactalbumin. Whey also contains some minerals...
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lactose. It is sometimes loosely referred to as lactase but that name is generally reserved for mammalian digestive enzymes that breaks down lactose specifically...
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Lactose synthase is an enzyme that generates lactose from glucose and UDP-galactose. It is classified under EC 2.4.1.22. It consists of N-acetyllactosamine...
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Lactofree is a brand of lactose free dairy products, which is aimed at individuals with lactose intolerance. The brand was launched by Arla Foods UK in...
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Dry-powder inhaler (section Lactose)
been suggested that such lactose may be harmful to lactose intolerant people, and some doctors advise patients not to use lactose containing DPIs to minimize...
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