Question

What do you mean by carbohydrates which monomer units join to form lactose and sucrose respectively

Answer 1

carbohydrate is a six carbon molecules it is a type of nutrients which we can stored in the form of glycogen

Answer 2

Carbohydrates:

• It is one of the basic food groups (others being proteins and fats) that literally contains substances such as sugars, starches and fibers found in fruits, grains, vegetables and milk products.
• However, chemically a carbohydrate is a biomolecule made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
• There are three classes of carbohydrates:

1. monosaccharides
2. disaccharides
3. polysaccharides.

Lactose (milk sugar) is a disaccharide consisting of the monomers glucose and galactose.

Sucrose (table sugar) is the most common disaccharide, which is composed of the monomers glucose and fructose.