The first is the prospect of a toxic Republican convention, which leading party officials want no part of, and which they will take care to avoid. We donât yet know how the Republican presidential nominating process will play out, but thereâs a real chance of a contested convention â at which things may get ugly.
Definition of monosaccharide. : a sugar that is not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis, is classed as either an aldose or ketose, and contains one or more hydroxyl groups per molecule âcalled also simple sugar.
Carbohydrate Monosaccharides. Carbohydrates are large macromolecules made up of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) and have the general formula Cx(H2O)y. Carbohydrates can be classified according to the number of sugar units they contain, as follows: Monosaccharides consist of a single sugar. Examples include glucose and fructose. Depending on the number of carbon atoms, the carbohydrate may be a triose, tetrose, pentose or hexose. Disaccharides contain two sugar units; Oligosaccharides contain 3 to 10 sugar units; Polysaccharides contain more than 10 sugar units. Monosaccharides