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Monosaccharides disaccharides and polysaccharides are examples of.

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Sugars

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Saccharide is another term used to describe sugars. The prefixes (mono = one, di = two, poly = more than two) represent how many glucose molecules are present in the overall molecule. Glucose is the base structure of sugars. Furthermore, all saccharides (sugars) are carbohydrates.

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