Hydrolysis reactions
What Hydrolysis reactions means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The reverse process in which water is added and the glycosidic bond breaks, releasing the monosaccharide units.
Reactions that use a molecule of water to break the bond in polymers and release the monomers.
Topics that use Hydrolysis reactions
- Biological molecules (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- amylose and amylopectin
- Benedict's test for reducing and non-reducing sugars
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- Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
- Cellulose and microfibrils
- Cholesterol
- Cohesion and surface tension
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