Sucrose (cane sugar), lactose (milk sugar) and maltose are disaccharides in which two monosaccharides are hold together by a glycosidic linkage. (A) In sucrose, of glucose and of fructose are linked together (ii). (B) In lactose, of - D-galactose and of -D-glucose are linked together (i). (C) In maltose, of D-glucose is linked to of another glucose unit (iii).