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Sugars and starches are both forms of Carbohydrates. Sugars- also known as Monosacchrides- are simple carbohydrates meaning the body can process them easily. Starch comes under Polysacchrides- which are complex crbohydrates that your body is unsure on how to process them. by klove
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∙ 15y agoStarch is a (polysaccharide) carbohydrate molecule made up of many glucose (monosaccharide units) molecules joined through chemical (glycosidic) bonds.
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar
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∙ 12y agoThe science term for sugar is saccharide.
Common table sugar is a disaccharide, meaning that there are two sugar units per molecule. The simplest saccharide is glucose, a monosaccharide, C6H12O6.
Starch and cellulose are polysaccharides. They differ by the type of bonding of the saccharides.
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What starches and sugars that provid energy?
All starches and sugars provide energy.
Are starches and sugars are examples of carbohydrates?
yes starches and sugars are and example of carbohydrates
What do carbhydrates do?
Carbohydrates include starches and sugars. Starches are broken down into sugars. Sugars are used to provide energy.
What organic compound is made up of sugars or starches?
Starches and sugars are organized as Polysaccharides.
Are organic compounds made of sugars or starches.?
Sugars and starches are organic compounds. But not all organic compounds are sugars and starches .
What macromolecule includes sugars starches and cellulose?
Simple sugars are not macromolecules, but starches and cellulose are both polysaccharides and macromolecules.
What of these includes sugars starches and cellulose?
Simple sugars are not macromolecules, but starches and cellulose are both polysaccharides and macromolecules.
What organic compounds are made of sugars or starches?
Sugars and starches are saccharides. Sugars are typically monosaccharides like glucose, or disaccharides like sucrose (table sugar). Starches are polysaccharides, composed of thousands of glucose molecules.
Are starches and sugars carbohydrates?
Yes; they are what we usually mean by carbohydrates, although there are other carbohydrates that are not starches or sugars.
What are main sources of energy starches and sugars?
True, sugars and starches are the main source of the body's energy.
Carbohydrates are defines as.?
Sugars, Starches.
What are the digestible carbohydrates?
Sugars and starches.
