OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOCHEMISTRY
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Question
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Which word refers to a single sugar unit, also known as glucose?
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monosaccharide
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disaccharide
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polysaccharide
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polymer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In biology and biochemistry, a monosaccharide is a simple sugar that constitutes the building blocks of a more complex form of sugars such as oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. Examples are fructose, glucose, and ribose. The term monosaccharide etymologically means “single saccharide”.
Detailed explanation-2: -Simple sugars are called monosaccharides; these are made up of single sugar molecules.
Detailed explanation-3: -Monosaccharides contain a single unit; disaccharides contain two sugar units; and polysaccharides contain many sugar units as in polymers-most contain glucose as the monosaccharide unit. Thumbnail Ball-and-stick model of the -D-glucose molecule, C6H12O6.
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