Question

One tetrasacchharide is made up of A, B, C & D monosaccharide units. Find out the molecular weight of that tetrasaccharide, if molecular weight of A = 200, B = 100, C = 400, D = 300

Biology, CBSE, Class 11​

Answer 1

Answer:

A tetrasaccharide is a carbohydrate which gives upon hydrolysis four molecules of the same or different monosaccharides. The general formula of a tetrasaccharide is typically C

24

H

42

O

21

.

For example, stachyose upon hydrolysis gives one molecule each of glucose and fructose and two molecules of galactose