HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Common examples of simple sugars or monosaccharides are glucose and fructose. Both of these monosaccharides are referred to as hexoses, since they have six carbons.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most nutritionally important monosaccharides are the pentoses (5-carbon atom skeleton), e.g., ribose, and the hexoses (6-carbon atom skeleton), e.g., glucose. Other examples of monosaccharides include fructose, galactose, and xylose.

Detailed explanation-3: -Monosaccharides are comprised of a single simple sugar unit, glucose, fructose, or galactose, and they cannot be broken down into simple sugar units. These three monosaccharides are combined in various ways to make more complex carbohydrates.