"two ages o'er his native realm he reign'd"
A disaccharide (also called a double sugar or biose[1]) is the sugar formed when two monosaccharides (simple sugars) are joined. Like monosaccharides, disaccharides are soluble in water. Three common examples are sucrose, lactose,[2] and maltose.
Disaccharides are formed by the condensation reactions of two simple sugar molecules.
