Monosaccharides
All carbs have Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen. If we break down the word, Carb-O-Hydrate, you can see it contains the three words.
Carbohydrate monomer units are called monosaccharides. Examples of these include glucose, fructose and galactose.
Monosaccharides are the monomer unit of carbohydrates. They join together during condensation reactions to form carbohydrates – held together by glycosidic bonds.
Examples of monosaccharides include: glucose, galactose and fructose.
Glucose
Glucose has two isomers, these are: alpha-glucose and beta-glucose. This means that they have the same chemical formula, but the arrangement of their atoms is different.
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Alpha-glucose forms straight-chain bonds.
Beta-glucose forms branched bonds.