Talk:Mucic acid

From WikiProjectMed
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Untitled

In the article, it says, "Mucic acid is obtained by the oxidation of milk, sugar, dulcite,…." Mucic acid can be obtained by oxidizing D- or L-galactose or compounds containing these sugars or their derivatives. It can't be obtained from just any sugar. So I think there shouldn't be a comma between "milk" and "sugar". In other words, it should be "milk sugar," i.e. lactose.--Warut 14:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Thanks Warut, for pointing out the error, the original text is from Britannica and I guess its adaptation to WIki was not flawless. Milk sugar already points to lactose. V8rik 17:03, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]