Use of lactose and galatose in human with regarding to their solubility

[apple963]

I would like to know the use of lactose and galatose in human with regarding to their solubility.
how does low solubility of lactose can be made good use on human?
what are the uses of galactose for human other than making guma?

 

[madcat8000]

Im not sure as to what the intent of your question is so maybe you can fill that part in. I remember refrences to lactose being used by some cells to control osmosis or rather to remove water by osmosis from other places, think it might have been the colon to dry out the fecal matter that was moving through it. Other wise they are both often used in breast milk by the body.

 

[cosmos 2.0]

I would like to know the use of lactose and galatose in human with regarding to their solubility.
how does low solubility of lactose can be made good use on human?

Lactose in found in milk. It is a di-saccharide (sugar ).Makes upto 2 to 8 percent of milk (by weight ).It is made up of glucose and galactose(monosaccarides).

The intestinal villi secrete an enzyme called lactase (β-D-galactosidase) to digest it. This enzyme cleaves the lactose molecule into its two subunits, the simple sugars glucose and galactose, which can be absorbed.

https://www.physicsforums.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=2900290"

 

[apple963]

Im not sure as to what the intent of your question is so maybe you can fill that part in. I remember refrences to lactose being used by some cells to control osmosis or rather to remove water by osmosis from other places, think it might have been the colon to dry out the fecal matter that was moving through it. Other wise they are both often used in breast milk by the body.

thanks for your reply.
you said lactose can be used to control osmosis, is that also happen in kidney?
what is the advantage of using lactose in breast milk with its low solubility property?
how about the galactose? what is the use of galactose in human?

hope to hear from you soon.

 

[cosmos 2.0]

thanks for your reply.
you said lactose can be used to control osmosis, is that also happen in kidney?
what is the advantage of using lactose in breast milk with its low solubility property?
how about the galactose? what is the use of galactose in human?

hope to hear from you soon.

Lactose is broken down in the intestine into its components glucose and galactose which are absorbed.

kidneys contain a number of substances and no. of complex mechanisms for its function .

In the wiki link the lactose is formed in the body and secreted in breast milk.
All infants have the ability to break down this sugar - by the lactase enzyme secreted in the infants intestine.

galactose is another form of sugar which is can be converted to glucose in the body.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactose"

 

[madcat8000]

Just posting that after searching in my library and internetz all frigging weekend I havnt been able to back up my statement above and so I hearby withdraw it. Just wish I could remember the source cause in my head its clear as a bell. Oh well off to fall on my sword!