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Monosaccharides
Simple
Disaccharides
Carbohydrates
Complex Polysaccharides
Monosaccharide
• Simplest carbohydrates
• Generally have three to six carbon in a chain
• Has a carbonyl group at either C1 or C2 and has hydroxyl
group at the remaining carbon atoms
• _characterized by the number of carbons in its chain
• Triose -3 carbons
• Tetrose- 4 carbons
• Pentose- 5 carbons
• Hexose- 6 carbons
Monosaccharides
• Monosaccharide with a
carbonyl group at C1 are
aldehydes called aldoses
• Monosaccharide with a
carbonyl group at C2 are
aldehydes called ketoses
Monosaccharides
• Most common monosaccharide
• D- Glucose D- Galactose L- Fructose
1 2 3 4 5 6