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A monosaccharide is a single sugar or a simple sugar molecule. Examples are glucose, fructose, galactose and ribose. The chemical formula for a monosaccharide is (CH2O)n where n varies from 3 to 9. The most important monosaccharides are either hexoses or pentoses. Hexoses are sugars which have 6 carbon atoms in the molecule ie n=6 in the above formula. Examples are glucose and fructose. Pentoses are sugars which have 5 carbon atoms in the molecule ie n=5 in the formula. Examples are ribose (found in RNA) and deoxyribose (found in DNA). See http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Carbohydrates.html
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe major immediate carbohydrate source of energy for the cell is glucose.
The ultimate carbohydrate source may be another compound, such as sucrose (the sugar people put in a cup of tea, use in baking cakes, and so on), or starch, which occurs in many plant foods.
These other compounds are converted into glucose for cellular respiration, which involves the release of energy from chemical compounds.
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∙ 9y agoThe most important source of energy for cells from sugars is glucose. In fact, photosynthesis specifically creates glucose, which it then pretty quickly converts into energy.
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∙ 13y agoglucose, a disaccharide would be sucrose
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∙ 12y agoGlucose
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What is the most important monosaccharide? > Glucose
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a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy
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glucose
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