sugars

• monosaccharides are a good source of energy as they have a large number of C-H bonds
• monosaccharides can be in the form of straight chains, rings or cyclic form
• examples of monosaccharides: fructose, glucose and galactose
• isomers are molecules that have the same molecular formula but different structure
• there are two types of glucose : alpha and beta
• disaccharides are made of 2 monosaccharides joined by glycosidic bonds formed via condensation reactions
• glucose + glucose = maltose
• glucose + fructose = sucrose
• glucose + galactose = lactose