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Q: How many sugar units does a monosaccharide have?
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Is (c6h10o5)750 a monosaccharide?

No, this is a polysaccharide, because many sugar units are joined together.


What is the polymer of sugar?

A monosaccharide is the monomer unit of the carbohydrates. Two monosaccharide units combine to form a disaccharide. Many monosaccharide units combine to form a polysaccharide. Therefore, the polymer of a monosaccharide is a polysaccharide. An example of a monosaccharide is beta glucose, which polymerises to produce chains of beta glucose molecules (cellulose).


What are glycosaminoglycans?

Glycosaminoglycans are long unbranched chain of polysaccharrides with rapeated disaccharide units and one of the monosaccharide units is amino sugar.


What type of macromolecules contain units called monosaccharides?

Polysaccharides such as starch and inulin are built of monosaccharide (sugar) monomers.


Is oil a monosaccharide?

A monosaccharide is a type of sugar that cannot be further hydrolyzed into a simpler form. An oil is not a monosaccharide because it has no sugar content.


A simple sugar such as glucose is classified as?

monosaccharide


Is dextrose a polysaccharides?

No, it is a monosaccharide - a simple or single sugar.


What is one sugar?

Monosaccharide


Is monosaccharide a sugar?

yes


What is a simple sugar or one sugar is called?

monosaccharide


Is sugar made up of glucose?

It can be. Glucose is a monosaccharide so is composed of one unit. There are disaccharides and polysaccharides too, which are made up of 2 or more units. (There is also a group called oligsaccharides.) Fructose is a monosaccharide. Glucose + fructose = sucrose (a disaccharide). Try typing in monosaccharide, disaccharide, oligosaccharide and polysaccharide into Wikipedia.


Which is a basic unit of a sugar molecules?

Monosaccharide