mono
Give two characteristics of each mono saccharides and polysaccharides.
Yes they can be found. They are very common
glucose (dextrose),fructose (levulose),galactosexyloseribose
Glucose is another name for monosaccharide sugar.Monosaccharide sugar is found in honey and the juices of many fruits.
The building block of a carbohydrate is mono saccharides.
galactose and fructose
carbohydrates can be a disaccharide such as sucrose or lactose as well as starches (polysacchares) which are the most commplex carbohydrate
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.
A condensation reaction (aka dehydration synthesis).