What are monosaccharides and polysaccharides, Biology

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What are monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides?

Monosaccharides are normal molecules of carbohydrates that cannot be broken into smaller molecules of other carbohydrates. Oligosaccharides are carbohydrates made by union of a maximum of 10 monosaccharides. Polysaccharides are polymers of monosaccharides made of more than 10 units of such monomers. The most significant polysaccharides are cellulose, starch, glycogen and chitin.

 


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