What is the function of a disaccharide?

Answer 1

A disaccharide is the carbohydrate formed when two monosaccharides undergo a condensation reaction which involves the elimination of a small molecule, such as water, from the functional groups. Like monosaccharides, disaccharides form an aqueous solution when dissolved in water. Three common examples are sucrose, lactose, and maltose. Sucrose is made by bonding a glucose molecule and a fructose molecule together, lactose (milk sugar) made from a glucose and a galactose.

Answer 2

Disaccharides are molecules composed of two monosaccharide units linked together. They serve as a source of energy when broken down into monosaccharides during digestion. Examples of disaccharides include sucrose (table sugar), lactose (milk sugar), and maltose.

Answer 3

The primary function of disaccharides is as a nutritional source of monosaccharides. Many of the sugars found in foodstuffs are disaccharides.

Answer 4

The definition of a disaccharide as used in the English language as a noun is "Any of a class of sugars whose molecules contain two monosaccharide residues."

Answer 5

A disaccharide is two monosaccharides that are bonded together. The water molecule is removed to form a disaccharide and this process is called dehydration reaction.

Answer 6

Two monosaccharides unite to form disaccharides. (Glucose and fructose are monosaccharides and cane sugar or maltose is diasaccharides.)

Answer 7

Mono = single

saccharide = sugar

di = two

Answer 8

A disachcharide is formed from two monosaccharide.