Carbohydrates biology

Question	Answer
Monosaccharide-2 examples and role	Glucose (6 carbon and deoxyribose-5 carbon) Small, soluble, sweet and crystalline Role of 6 carbon-energy via respiration Deoxyribose-part of DNA-information molecules
Disaccharides- example and role and characteristics	maltose (glucose and glucose) Small, soluble, sweet and crystalline Role-sugar obtained when starch broken down in hydrolysis reactions-split further-glucose-respiration
Polysaccharides-starch and glycogen	large molecules or many alpha glucose molecules joined together in condensation reactions-insoluble in water, forms grains. energy storage-carbs-starch plants-glycogen animals and fungi
polysaccharides cellulose	thousands of beta glucose molecules joined together. very strong and insoluble in water. structural, found on or in plants where iit forms cell walls

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