A disaccharide; concentration in cow’s milk about 4g/100ml. In normal digestion the enzyme lactase breaks it down into glucose and galactose. A milk-sugar constituent of tablets, capsules or other preparations and which is used as a base for a medicinal substance or formulation. It is obtained exclusively from milk solids, not fats.
Example: Propolis in lactose. Propolis powder 5 per cent; Lactose powder 95 per cent; presented in a gelatin capsule.
One of the sugars present in milk; a disaccharide carbohydrate.
The o?cial name for sugar of milk.
n. a sugar, consisting of one molecule of glucose and one of galactose, found only in milk. Lactose is split into its constituent sugars by the enzyme *lactase, which is secreted in the small intestine. This enzyme is missing or is of low activity in certain people of some Eastern and African races. This leads to the inability to absorb lactose, known as lactose intolerance.
is due to lack in the INTESTINE of the ENZYME known as LACTASE which is responsible for the digestion of lactose, the sugar in milk. The result is that drinking milk or eating milk-containing products is followed by nausea, a sensation of bloating, or distension, in the gut, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. (Similar disturbances after taking milk may also occur in those who do not lack lactase but have an allergy to milk protein). Treatment is by means of a low-lactose diet avoiding fresh or powdered milk and milk puddings. Many can tolerate fermented milk products, as well as the small amounts of milk used in baking and added to margarine and sausages. However, infamts may have to be fed exclusively on a lactose-free formula as even breast milk may produce symptoms.... lactose intolerance
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