Certified Maltose is a pure carbohydrate prepared especially for use in bacterial culture media, mostly for the isolation of yeasts and molds.
Maltose is two Glucose molecules joined together through carbons 1 and 4, with a molecular formula of C12H22O11. Like other carbohydrates, it has a hydrogen to oxygen ratio of 2:1.
Certified Maltose is a pure carbohydrate prepared especially for use in bacterial culture media, mostly for the isolation of yeasts and molds.
Disaccharides are sweet, water soluble and crystalline.
Appearance – small, white crystals, with molecular weight of 360.30.
It is offered at a very high grade of purity. It is free from all other sugars and starches, proteins, alcohols and heavy metals: Cl = 0.005%; Sulphate and Sulphite = 0.01%; Heavy Metals (as Pb) = 0.001%.
