If it is criminal to leave a 13-year old alone to babysit children, then I am one guilty editor with a lot of guilty girlfriends. The summer I turned 12, I was working as a mother's helper for a woman who had two young girls. She would regularly leave me unattended to watch the girls while she ran errands.
Monosaccharides are the simplest form of carbohydrates and may be subcategorized as aldoses or ketoses. The sugar is an aldose if it contains an aldehyde functional group. A ketose signifies that the sugar contains a ketone functional group.
Carbohydrates are grouped into three categories: monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides. Monosaccharides A monosaccharide is a single sugar unit. The most common monosaccharides are made up of six carbon atoms and are called hexoses. Glucose is an example of a hexose (Figure C).arbohydrates are grouped into three categories: monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides. Monosaccharides A monosaccharide is a single sugar unit. The most common monosaccharides are made up of six carbon atoms and are called hexoses. Glucose is an example of a hexose (Figure C).