monosaccharide

monosaccharide Definition

mono·sac·cha·ride (män′ō sak′ə rīd′)

noun

a carbohydrate, CHO, not decomposable by hydrolysis; esp., a hexose sugar, CHO, as glucose, fructose, or galactose

monosaccharide Usage Examples

Converse of object

link: Polysaccharides can be made up of hundreds or thousands of linked monosaccharides.

Modifies a noun

residue: The root name may be used, followed by an arabic number indicating the total number of monosaccharide residues.
unit: The distinction between the two is based upon the number of monosaccharide units present in the chain.
sugar: Glucose is a simple monosaccharide sugar that is a building block for a number of other carbohydrates.
composition: Normally, in the analysis of single oligosaccharides or mixtures, a key preliminary analytical process is to establish the overall monosaccharide composition.
chain: The aim of this experiment is to demonstrate that the long monosaccharide chains in some polysaccharides can be broken down by acid hydrolysis.

Noun used with modifier

component: To be used for this purpose plant carbohydrate polymers first have to be hydrolysed to their component monosaccharides.

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