monosaccharides
mono is not a latin word
It is actually a prefix meaning "one". A monorail is a train running on one rail. A monomaniac is a person obsessed with one thing. A monarch is a single person who is a ruler of a country. A monotone is a single tone, and a monotonous person or speech is one which has only one tone--very boring. A monopoly is a sector of the economy owned by one person or corporation, and the board game is all about becoming the sole owner of all the property on the board. A monograph is a specific study of a single specialized topic, usually by one researcher. The disease called mononucleosis is often called "mono" for short by those who find the whole name a bit of a mouthful.
Mono means singular, or one. 1
"mono" means "one," and "poly" means "many."
Glucose is another name for monosaccharide sugar.Monosaccharide sugar is found in honey and the juices of many fruits.
Give two characteristics of each mono saccharides and polysaccharides.
Yes they can be found. They are very common
glucose (dextrose),fructose (levulose),galactosexyloseribose
The building block of a carbohydrate is mono saccharides.
galactose and fructose
Simple sugars are called monomers which is mono saccharides.The mono saccharides for carbohydrates are glucose , fructose and glactose. Carbohydrates can also be Di saccharides which is sucrose , lactose.
disaccharide
Function and structure
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.
mono
A condensation reaction (aka dehydration synthesis).