What is "malt sugar"

malt sugar \malt sugar\ n. Same as maltose.

maltobiose \mal"to*bi"ose\, a. (Chem.) Maltose; malt sugar.

Maltose \Malt"ose`\ (m[add]lt"[=o]s`), n. [From Malt.] (Biochem.) A crystalline disaccharide ( C12H22O11) formed from starch by the action of diastase of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice; called also maltobiose and malt sugar. Chemically it is 4-O-[alpha]-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucose. It rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right than does dextrose and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.

n. maltose

n. a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches [syn: maltose]