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For example, milk sugar (lactose) is a disaccharide made by condensation of one molecule of each of the monosaccharides glucose and galactose, whereas the disaccharide sucrose in sugar cane and sugar beet, is a condensation product of glucose and fructose.
Oligosaccharides and polysaccharides are both complex carbohydrates. Their building blocks are the dietary monosaccharides glucose, fructose and galactose, also known as simple carbohydrates, or sugars. Disaccharides such as sucrose, which are composed of two monosaccharide units, are also sugars. The prefix âoligoâ means âfew.â Most oligosaccharides are composed of three to 10 monosaccharide units. Oligosaccharides are not digestible by human gut enzymes. Polyâ means âmanyâ; polysaccharides are composed of long chains of monosaccharide units.