Biological molecules

• Monomers are small basic molecular units.
• Polymers are large complex molecules made up from many monomers joined together by covalent bonds
• Carbohydrates are made from monosaccharides.
• Glucose is a hexose sugar that is a monosaccharide made from six carbon atoms.
• Two types of glucose: alpha and beta which are isomers.
• Condensation reactions are when two molecules are joined together and a water molecule is released.
• Glycosidic bond is the link between two monosaccharides to form disaccharides, trisaccharides etc.
• Disaccharides have two monosaccharides linked together with one glycosidic bond.