What Does Mono Di and Poly Mean

Mono means 1; di means 2; poly means many. Food science: We learn about saccharides. There are 3 common monosaccharides, or single sugars: fructose (fruit sugar), glucose (blood sugar), and galactose which is never found alone in nature.

What are the difference between mono di and polysaccharides?

Monosaccharides are simple sugar unit molecules, whereas polysaccharides are enormous, linking thousands of sugar units. Monosaccharides provide cells with short-term energy. Polysaccharides provide long-term energy storage and rigid structure to cell walls and exoskeletons of animals.

What are some common mono di and polysaccharides?

Examples of monosaccharides include glucose (dextrose), fructose, galactose, xylose and ribose. Monosaccharides are the building blocks of disaccharides such as sucrose (common sugar) and polysaccharides (such as cellulose and starch).