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why polysaccharides show negative results in Tollen test?

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why polysaccharides show negative results in Tollen test?

why polysaccharides don't give silver mirror like monosaccharides and disaccharides?

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The Tollen test is a test that uses an ammoniacal solution of silver oxides to test for aldehydes and ketones.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/tollen-apos-s-aldehyde-test#ixzz1D5a76vej

These groups are not present in polysaccharides since they are involved in the glycosidic bonds formed in the production of polysaccharides.

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