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Which is the only monosaccharide exclusively used by the human body?

Glucose


What monosaccharide is the primary source of energy and carbonhydrate for liver glycogen replinishment?

Glucose is the primary monosaccharide used for energy and is the main source for replenishing liver glycogen.


What is glucose sugar used for in plants?

A monosaccharide sugar originating in plants and used in animals to carry energy throughout the body, just as sucrose is the main carrier of energy throughout the plant. It is prepared industrially by the hydrolysis of starch.


What is glucose (sugar) used for by a plant?

A monosaccharide sugar originating in plants and used in animals to carry energy throughout the body, just as sucrose is the main carrier of energy throughout the plant. It is prepared industrially by the hydrolysis of starch.


A monosaccharide that serves as a source of energy for all body cells and tissues?

Glucose is a monosaccharide that serves as a primary source of energy for body cells and tissues. It is needed for cellular respiration to produce ATP, the main energy currency of cells. Glucose is obtained through the breakdown of carbohydrates in the diet and is transported via the bloodstream to be used by cells for energy production.


What is the major monosaccharide in our body?

Glucose, usually stored in the liver and muscle cells as glycogen.


Is glucose a molecule?

Glucose is a monosaccharide or simple sugar that is used as a source of energy by the body and in plants. Yes, glucose is a molecule.


What is preferred monosaccharide of the mitochondria?

Glucose is used in it. It is the fuel of mitochondria


What is the main monosaccharide?

The most common monosaccharides of carbohydrates are fructose and glucose. (=sucrose)


Which would provide the body with the most energy?

This is it


Why is the main carbohydrate in milk not classified as a monosaccharide?

The main carbohydrate in milk is lactose. It is a disaccharide meaning it is composed of two monosaccharides.


A monosaccharide cannot be split into smaller carbohydrates?

No. By definition, a monosaccharide is the smallest unit of carbohydrate.Some monosaccharides can be converted to others in the body, but these are not in any real sense 'smaller' carbohydrates.