What is the main difference between a monosaccharide and a disaccharide?

Answer 1

A monosaccharide is just one carbon ring and is very soluble , example : glucose. A disaccharide consists of 2 carbon rings and is partially soluble , example : lactose ( galactose + glucose = lactose)

Answer 2

Amonosaccharide is the simplest type of carbohydrate and is a simple sugar. When two monosaccharides are combined, they form a disaccharide, which is a two-sugar carbohydrate.

Answer 3

Monosaccharides (one sugar) are made of one sugar.

Disaccharides (two sugars) are two monosaccharides joined together by glycosidic linkage.

Polysaccharides (many sugars) are polymers of monosaccharides, with each monosaccharide joined to other monosaccharides in a glycosidic linkage.

Answer 4

A monosaccharide is a single sugar molecule, like glucose or fructose, while a disaccharide is made up of two monosaccharide units linked together, such as sucrose (glucose + fructose) or lactose (glucose + galactose). In other words, monosaccharides are the building blocks of disaccharides.

Answer 5

monosaccharide is a simple sugar , disaccharide is a double sugar

Answer 6

Glucose is a monosaccharide, a ring sugar made of 5 carbons in a ring with an oxygen in the ring.

Glucose--Glucose is a disaccharide called maltose and made of two linked glucose.

Answer 7

a monosaccharide is a simple sugar, a disaccharide is a more complex sugar.