1.Which simple sugars (monosaccharides) are contained in each of the following:
a.Sucrose:
b.Starch:
c.glycogen
d.cellulose
e.lactose
Simple sugars are which are made up of single monosaccharide compound and hence these are called as simple sugars.
and these are mainly contained in all kind of disaccharide and polysaccharide, where these simple sugar molecule are joined by chemical bond.
A. Sucrose is made up of equal parts of glucose and fructose.
B. Starch exist in two forms amylose and amylopectin. both of them is made up of only one monosaccharide that is glucose
C. Glycogen is also made up of only one monosaccharide that is glucose
D. Cellulose is also made up of long chain of Glucose (monosaccharide)
E. Lactose, disaccharide found naturally in milk, this is composed of one galactose unit and one glucose unit only.
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