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monosaccharide
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monosaccharide

Carbohydrate that cannot be hydrolysed (split) into smaller carbohydrate units. A monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose or fructose, both of which have the molecular formula C6H12O6, is also called a hexose. Those with five and seven carbons are pentoses and heptoses respectively.



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