Monosaccharides & Disaccharides

• Give three examples of monosaccharides.

  Glucose, fructose, galactose.
• What type of bond forms between two monosaccharides?

  Glycosidic bond.
• Give three examples of disaccharides.

  Maltose, lactose, sucrose.
• What monosaccharides make up maltose?

  Glucose + glucose.
• What monosaccharides make up lactose?

  Glucose + galactose.
• What monosaccharides make up sucrose?

  Glucose + fructose.
• Which disaccharides are reducing sugars?

  Maltose, lactose.
• Which disaccharide is a non-reducing sugar?

  Sucrose.
• What does the term 'reducing sugar' mean?

  A sugar that can lose or donate electrons to other compounds.
• What is a monosaccharide?

  The monomers from which larger carbohydrates are made
• What is a disaccharide?

  • Formed by the condensation of two monosaccharides
  • held together by a glycosidic bond