What are the oligosaccharides and monosaccharides, Biology

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Q. What are the oligosaccharides, monosaccharides and polysaccharides?

Monosaccharides are simple molecules of carbohydrates that cannot be broken down into smaller molecules of other carbohydrates. Oligosaccharides are carbohydrates made by union of a maximum of ten monosaccharides. Polysaccharides are polymers of monosaccharides made of more than ten units of such monomers. The most important polysaccharides are glycogen, cellulose, starch and chitin.


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