Polysaccharides Are Complex Carbohydrates

Recall from Chapter 12 that polymers are large molecules made of repeating monomer units. Monosaccharides are the monomers that link to form the bio-molecular polymers called polysaccharides, which contain hundreds to thousands of monosaccharide units. Polysaccharides can be built from any type of mono- 

Milk and milk products contain the disaccharide lactose, which is digested to galactose and glucose. 

Although a polysaccharide can be made of any type of monosaccharide units, the polysaccharides of the human diet are made only of glucose. These polysaccharides include starch, glycogen, and cellulose, which differ from one another only in how the glucose units are chained together. All polysaccharides, but especially the ones in our diet, are known as complex carbohydrates, where complex refers to the multitude of monosaccharide units linked together. 

What makes a simple carbohydrate simple and a complex carbohydrate complex  

Was this your answer Simple carbohydrates are simple in the sense that they consist of only one or two monosaccharide units per molecule. Complex carbohydrates are complex in the sense of consisting of high numbers of monosaccharide units per molecule. 

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Polysaccharides are complex carbohydrates possessing high structural diversity. They are composed of several monosaccharide units joined together through glycosidic bonds. Typically, polysaccharides are isolated from a natural source,... 

SECTIONS 24.8 AND 24.9 Carbohydrates, which are polyhydroxy aldehydes and ketones, are the major structural constituents of plants and are a source of energy in both plants and animals. Glucose is the most common monosaccharide, or simple sugar. Two monosaccharides can be linked together by means of a condensation reaction to form a disaccharide. Polysaccharides are complex carbohydrates... 

A monosaccharide (glucose) contains only one carbohydrate unit. A disaccharide (sucrose) contains two monosaccharide units. Polysaccharides are complex carbohydrates (starch or cdlulose), which contain many monosaccharide units. 

Monosaccharides are the simplest carbohydrates they are the unit building bloeks for other, more eomplex carbohydrates. Disaccharides are simple earbohydrates that contain two monosaccharide units, which can be hydrolyzed into their respective monosaccharide units. Polysaccharides are complex carbohydrates composed of many monosaccharide units (glucose, for example) linked together. 

Tannins comprise various polyhydroxyphenols and polysaccharides (polysaccharoses), which are complex carbohydrates (polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones) and include starches and cellulose, and their... 

Polysaccharides, or complex carbohydrates, are large molecules, having molar masses between 4000 and 150,000,000 g/mol. You will study three polysaccharides with greatly different biological functions—cellulose, starch, and glycogen. They share a common monomer glucose. 

The largest and most complex carbohydrates are the polysaccharides. They are polymers, long chains of repeating chemical units. Each individual unit is called a monomer. The monomer unit of polysaccharides is the monosaccharide, normally glucose. A typical polysaccharide contains several hundred individual monomers. Examples of common polysaccharides are starches, plant products that are major macronutrients in the human diet, and cellulose, found in plant cell walls. In the human diet, cellulose is referred to as fiber, indigestible but beneficial for normal intestinal motility. More than half of the Earth s total carbon is stored in these two polysaccharides. 

Polysaccharides Complex carbohydrates are polysaccharides (most often polymers of glucose), which do not have a sweet taste. Starch is an example of a complex carbohydrate that is found in abundance in plants. Common sources include wheat and other grains, potatoes, dried peas and beans, and vegeta bles. 

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