BIOLOGY
CLASSIFICATION OF CARBOHYDRATES
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Question
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4 up to 10 molecules of simple sugars
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3 up to 10 molecules of simple sugars
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2 up to 10 molecules of simple sugars
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1 up to 10 molecules of simple sugars
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Detailed explanation-1: -The number of monomer units in an oligosaccharide is not rigorously defined. There are references that consider carbohydrates comprised of two to ten monosaccharide units as an oligosaccharide, thus, including disaccharides (which are saccharides made up of two monosaccharide units).
Detailed explanation-2: -Oligosaccharides are carbohydrate chains containing 3–10 sugar units.
Detailed explanation-3: -Oligosaccharide is the short chain of monosaccharide unit which composed of 3-10 molecules connected by glycosidic linkage. The most common example of oligosaccharide is raffinose. It is a trisaccharide found in many plants and composed of galactose, glucose and fructose.
Detailed explanation-4: -An oligosaccharide is a carbohydrate whose molecule, upon hydrolysis, yields two to ten Monosaccharid molecules.
Detailed explanation-5: -Depending on the number of carbon atoms, the carbohydrate may be a triose, tetrose, pentose or hexose. Disaccharides contain two sugar units. Oligosaccharides contain 3 to 10 sugar units. Polysaccharides contain more than 10 sugar units.