Given below are two statements.
Statement I: Maltose has two 
-D-glucose units linked at 
and 
and is a reducing sugar.
Statement II: Maltose has two monosaccharides: 
-D-glucose and 
-D-glucose linked at 
and 
and it is a non-reducing sugar.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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Statement I: is correct: maltose consists of two glucose units linked by an 
glycosidic bond, and it is a reducing sugar (the second glucose has a free anomeric carbon).
Statement II: is incorrect: maltose is not 
-D-glucose linked to 
-Dglucose at Cl-C6, nor is it nonreducing (that description fits neither maltose nor a nonreducing disaccharide like sucrose).
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