- Cannot be hydrolyzed into smaller units.
- Simplest of the carbohydrate
- Subunit from which disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides are constructed.
Two types
a)Depending upon the carbon atom present
b)On the basis of the functional group present
Physical properties of Monosaccharide
- Compounds are generally crystalline solids with a high
- melting point,
- very soluble in water,
- more or less sweet in taste.
On the basis of the functional group present
