BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

CARBOHYDRATES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Glucose (honey, jam, soft drinks) & fructose (fruit) are examples of ____
A
Monosaccharides
B
Disaccharides
C
Polysaccharides
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Glucose and fructose are individual sugar units and are also called monosaccharides. Sucrose is a sugar molecule made up of both glucose and fructose so sucrose is called a disaccharide.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glucose is the most abundant monosaccharide. Galactose, mannose, fructose and ribose are also of major biological importance.

Detailed explanation-3: -Glucose and fructose are simple sugars, or monosaccharides. Your body can absorb them more easily than the disaccharide sucrose, which must be broken down first.

Detailed explanation-4: -Honey is composed primarily of the simple sugars glucose and fructose – known as monosaccharides and a further 17% to 20% of water. Honey also contains other types of sugars such as sucrose (which is a disaccharide composed of fructose and glucose linked together through -1–4 linkage).

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