NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Monosaccharides (mono-= “one”; sacchar-= “sweet”) are simple sugars, the most common of which is glucose. In monosaccharides, the number of carbon atoms usually ranges from three to six. Most monosaccharide names end with the suffix-ose.

Detailed explanation-2: -They are starch, glycogen, and cellulose. Starch is the most important source of carbohydrates in the human diet. Starch is formed in plants. Starch is commonly found in seeds where it serves as a storage form of carbohydrate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Taking the name apart from right to left, the ending “ose” means a sugar, which may be a monosaccharide, a disaccharide or an oligosaccharide (a “short” polysaccharide). The middle part “tetr” means that our sugar has four carbons linked in a straight unbranched chain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Words ending in-ose: The suffix-ose is used in biochemistry to form the names of sugars. In Latin this suffix means “full of”, “abounding in”, or “like”. Sucrose, dextrose, glucose, maltose, fructose, and lactose are all scientific names for different types of sugar.