Simple sugars are not macromolecules, but starches and cellulose are both polysaccharides and macromolecules.
Simple sugars are not macromolecules, but starches and cellulose are both polysaccharides and macromolecules.
Starch
Glucose makes Sugars and Starches and Cellulose.
Sugars and starches are saccharides. Sugars are typically monosaccharides like glucose, or disaccharides like sucrose (table sugar). Starches are polysaccharides, composed of thousands of glucose molecules.
Carbohydrates
Simple sugars are not macromolecules, but starches and cellulose are both polysaccharides and macromolecules.
Starch
The macromolecule of sugar is a carbohydrate. This includes simple sugars like glucose and fructose, as well as complex carbohydrates like starch and cellulose. Carbohydrates are important sources of energy for living organisms.
Glucose
Glucose makes Sugars and Starches and Cellulose.
Sugars and starches are saccharides. Sugars are typically monosaccharides like glucose, or disaccharides like sucrose (table sugar). Starches are polysaccharides, composed of thousands of glucose molecules.
Though starch and cellulose are chemically made from the same elements, and in the same concentrations, the human body is able to break down starches into simple enough sugars to absorb, while the human body cannot break down cellulose.
Carbohydrates are the organic compound class that includes sugars and starches. They are essential nutrients used by the body as a source of energy.
Carbohydrates
Carbonydrates
Complex sugars are compounds made up of 3 or more simple sugars. For example, glucose is a monosaccharide (1 sugar) Lactose is a disaccharide (made up of 2 sugars) Amylose is a polysaccharide (thousands of sugars in the chain) so it is considered a "complex" sugar. Glucose is one of the sugars that usually makes up a "complex" sugar.
Complex sugars or starches are called polysaccharides.