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Why are mono Di and poly used in describing the three types of sugar?
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Monosacharides are one sugar molecule. Glucose Disacharides are two monosacharides bound checmical -- Sucrose = Dextrose + Glucose Polysacharides are multiple single sugars bound into a more complex molecule.
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What are the three types of basic government?
Mono-lithic, Hereditry, and herectic.
Are mono and diglycerides trans fats?
Mono- and diglycerides refers to a mixture of certain types of chemicals. Gluten is a protein, and is not included in those types.
Glucose is a?
Glucose is called glucose. It is a "monosaccharide" - "saccharide" meaning sugar, "mono" meaning "only one molecule of it." There are also disaccharides (two molecules stuck together), trisaccharides (three) and polysaccharides (more than three and possibly thousands depending on what it is).
What is a single glucose called?
glucose is a sugar simple sugars like glucose are called monosaccharides mono = one saccharide = sugar
What is the sugar created in photosynthesis?
Glucose is created which is a mono saccharide. Glucose is stored as starch
WHAT carbohydrate is a monossacharide?
Mono(single)-saccharides are single sugar units. with glucose and fructose being two examples of mono-saccharides. All carbohydrates are made up of linked mono-saccharides. and it is the type quantity and the way that they are linked which defines the type of carbohydrate and how your body reacts to it.
Types of speech community?
Mono lingual,bilingual and multilingual community
What are two types of carbohydrates?
Sugars and starches.
What nutrients are present in sugar?
Depending on the different types of sugar, the nutrients, too, are several types. In general, however, these are mono- or dimers composed of several types of carbohydrates. Examples of such carbohydrates are glucose, fructose, and galactose. Table sugar for example is the result of a combination of the two monomers glucose and fructose. The scientific name for table sugar is sucrose. http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/nutrition/sugar.asp There are three types of Macro-nutrients. These include; carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Carbohydrates can be divided into three categories; simple, complex, and fiber. Fiber is not nutritious but none the less an important part of the diet. Sugars fall into the simple carbohydrate category, not as healthy as the complex category (think oatmeal). Many people think of vitamins and minerals when the think of nutrients, these are called micro-nutrients.
Which is more efficient mono gastric or ruminant digestion?
the monogastric as it can digest all types of food
You are on a low-sugar diet are crackers good for you?
For each type of crackers read attentively the nutritional values; avoid especially crackers with sugar or other mono and disaccharides content.
Is multi-mono-tri- examples of number prefixes?
No, "multi," "mono," and "tri" are not number prefixes. "Multi-" means many or multiple, "mono-" means one, and "tri-" means three. The number prefixes in English include "uni-" (one), "bi-" (two), "quad-" (four), "pent-" (five), and so on.
