Monosaccharide
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Monosaccharides, also called simple sugars, are a class of organic compounds usually with the formula x. By definition they have two or more carbon-carbon bonds. More specifically, they are classified
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Polysaccharide
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Polysaccharides are "compounds consisting of a large number of monosaccharides linked glycosidically". They are the most abundant carbohydrates in food. Their structures range from linear to highly br
Monosaccharide
…dextrose), fructose (levulose), and galactose. Monosaccharides are the building blocks of disaccharides (such as sucrose, lactose and maltose) and polysaccharides (such as cellulose and starch). The table sugar used in everyday vernacular is a disaccharide sucrose derived from the condensation of one molecule of…
A view of the atomic structure of a single branched strand of glucose units in a glycogen molecule.