HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are the sugars and their polymers. Simple sugars are called monosaccharides. These can be joined to form polysaccharides (3.5, pg 38).

Detailed explanation-2: -A polysaccharide is a large molecule made of many smaller monosaccharides. Monosaccharides are simple sugars, like glucose. Special enzymes bind these small monomers together creating large sugar polymers, or polysaccharides.

Detailed explanation-3: -Polysaccharides are formed by the combination of a large number of monosaccharides through the glycosidic bond. These are high molecular weight polymers of monosaccharides. Most of the carbohydrates found in nature are polysaccharides.

Detailed explanation-4: -Polysaccharide is a natural macromolecule located in the primary cell walls of plants. It was built from hundreds to thousands of monosaccharide combination through dehydration synthesis. Starch, cellulose, and glycogen are some examples of polysaccharides.