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1 Monosaccharides (glucose, fructose, and galactose  isomers of each other) 2  Glucose (also called dextrose and blood sugar) has a six carbon (hexose) ring structure.  Fructose (also called levulose) has a six carbon ring structure.
Monosaccharides are the simplest carbohydrates in that they cannot be hydrolyzed to smaller carbohydrates. They are aldehydes or ketones with two or more hydroxyl groups. The general chemical formula of an unmodified monosaccharide is (Câ¢H 2 O) n, literally a carbon hydrate..Monosaccharides are important fuel molecules as well as building blocks for nucleic acids. The smallest monosaccharides, for which n=3, are dihydroxyacetone and D-and L-glyceraldehydes.hile the scientific nomenclature of carbohydrates is complex, the names of the monosaccharides and disaccharides very often end in the suffix-ose. For example, grape sugar is the monosaccharide glucose, cane sugar is the disaccharide sucrose and milk sugar is the disaccharide lactose (see illustration).