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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · refresh) 2008-feb-05: The current drawing is incorrect. The bridging oxygen should be directly connected to the left sugar ring, not via a methylene. 193.67.131.130 (talk) 14:15, 5 February 2008 (UTC) |
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Why some population became able to metabolise lactose when they could eat cheese or yougurth that doesn't contain lactose? Isn't the calcium contained in cheese not enough for a diet?
- I've copied this question to the Wikipedia:Reference desk#Lactose, where this question is more likely to be answered. --David Iberri | Talk 17:42, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
I recall reading somewhere that House Cats also have this mutation allowing milk to be used into adulthood. True?
I thought lactose tolerance was also significantly present in those parts of Africa with a long history of cattle raising.
80.218.0.145 18:56, 4 March 2006 (UTC) Are you sure the images are ok? compare with Maltose...
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[edit] Lactose, whats its purpose???
hey im doing a presentation on lactose for my as level in biology and i was wondering if any one could help. im looking for information on how lactose if formed and its reason for what it is. Why is lactose important to us? chris
[edit] The same project
I need the answers to the exact same questions, but just can't find anything... daniel.
[edit] RELATION
does anyone have any idea about how milk could be linked with acidity --Iweus 16:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Why do they call it "milk sugar"?
This article's an example of how, the more accurate an article becomes, the less useful it is. Check the opening sentence:
Lactose is a disaccharide that consists of β-D-galactose and β-D-glucose molecules bonded through a β1-4 glycosidic linkage.
That's incomprehensible to all persons without a college education and most of those with one. The sentences following it don't do much in the way of breaking things down for the layman, either.
I only came to this article on a redirect from "milk sugar", because all I wanted to know is what "milk sugar" is, as compared to plain' ol' "sugar". Various heroin literature refers to the drug being cut with "milk sugar", and I just wanted to know what that was. Well, although the article is a redirect of "milk sugar", there is no explanation of why it was ever called that, or how "milk sugar" came into usage. Do you find it in a grocery? Or do you find it in a chemist's? Is it sold in heavy paper bags? Is it sold in glass bottles? What does a "milk sugar" product look like? Who makes-- no, WAIT! Who doesn't make "milk sugar", among the domestic sugar manufacturers? Is it used in recipes? What for? Does it replace regular sugar, or do they go together?
See, if you're gonna redirect a title, the subject of that title does require some explanation. --63.25.29.84 13:18, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- I completely agree. Unless one has taken college level courses in biology, it is unlikely that they would know what glycosidic linkages are. The intro needs to be non-technical; the technical description can be moved to a section on the chemistry of lactose. As it stands, it is to the average person entirely jargonistic. Fuzzform (talk) 01:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
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- Thanks! I see the article has been improved in this regard. --63.25.248.176 (talk) 17:58, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
