What are the expected products of hydrolysis of lactose?
When sugar is reacted with water, it breaks down into simpler products. This process is called hydrolysis. Lactose is a sugar made up of two monosaccharides namely, glucose and galactose. This glucose and galactose are linked to each other with glycosidic bonds. But when lactose is reacted with water under the process of hydrolysis, the glycosidic bond breaks down and lactose gets converted into glucose and galactose. And therefore the products of hydrolysis of lactose are glucose and galactose.
