FOOD TECHNOLOGY

FOOD CHEMISTRY

CARBOHYDRATES PROTEINS AND LIPIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The monomer of a carbohydrate is a(n) ____
A
disaccharide
B
polysaccharide
C
complex carbohydrate
D
monosaccharide/glucose
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Carbohydrates are the polymers that are made up of monomers called a monosaccharide. The common monomers of carbohydrates are simple sugars like glucose and fructose. It is also one of the four basic macromolecules of life. Monosaccharides-these are the simple sugars.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glucose is one of several different carbohydrate monomers called monosaccharides.

Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: it is one unit, so a glucose molecule is a monomer (more specifically a monosaccharide) it can form a polymer (being starch or glycogen )when a large number of glucose molecules joined together by glycosidic bonds.

Detailed explanation-4: -Monosaccharides are the monomers that make up carbohydrates. Glucose is an example of a monosaccharide. Glycerol and fatty acids are the monomers that make up lipids. Nucleotides are the monomers that make up nucleic acids.

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