Maltotriose

Maltotriose

Maltotriose

Molecular formula C₁₈H₃₂O₁₆

Molar mass 504.437

CAS number [1109-28-0]

PubChem 871

Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
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Maltotriose is a trisaccharide (three-part sugar) consisting of three glucose molecules linked with 1,4 glycosidic bonds.

It is produced by the action of alpha amylase on amylose and starch due to the random manner in which alpha amylase hydrolyses α-1,4 glycosidic bonds.

Trioses	Ketotriose (Dihydroxyacetone) \| Aldotriose (Glyceraldehyde)

Tetroses	Ketotetrose (Erythrulose) \| Aldotetroses (Erythrose, Threose)

Pentoses	Ketopentose (Ribulose, Xylulose) Aldopentose (Ribose, Arabinose, Xylose, Lyxose) Deoxy sugar (Deoxyribose)

Hexoses	Ketohexose (Psicose, Fructose, Sorbose, Tagatose) Aldohexose (Allose, Altrose, Glucose, Mannose, Gulose, Idose, Galactose, Talose) Deoxy sugar (Fucose, Fuculose, Rhamnose)

Heptose	Sedoheptulose

Multiple

Disaccharides	Sucrose \| Lactose \| Trehalose \| Maltose

Trisaccharides	Raffinose \| Melezitose \| Maltotriose

Tetrasaccharides	Acarbose \| Stachyose

Other oligosaccharides	Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) \| Galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) \| Mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS)

Polysaccharide	Glycogen \| Starch (Amylose \| Amylopectin) \| Cellulose \| Chitin \| Inulin \| Dextrin \| Glucan (Beta-glucan)

See also