3. What are monosaccharides,
oligosaccharides and
polysaccharides?

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Mono are simple molecules
of carbohydrates that cannot be broken
into smaller molecules of other
carbohydrates. saccharides are
made by union of a
maximum of monosaccharides.
Poly are polymers of
monosaccharides made of more than 10
units of such monomers. The most
important polysaccharides are cellulose,
, glycogen and chitin.