NUTRITION
CARBOHYDRATES
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
Sucrose is made up of
|
glucose + fructose
|
|
glucose + glucose
|
|
glucose + ribose
|
|
glucose + galactose
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Disaccharides are made up of two linked monosaccharides and are broken back down into monosaccharides during digestion ( 1 ). Sucrose is a disaccharide consisting of one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule, or 50% glucose and 50% fructose.
Detailed explanation-2: -sucrose is a disaccharide formed by condensation of a glucose molecule and a fructose molecule.
There is 1 question to complete.