Monosaccharide

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Carbohydrate that cannot be hydrolyzed into a simpler carbohydrate. The building block of oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. Simple monosaccharides are polyhydroxyaldehydes or polyhydroxyketones with three or more carbon atoms.

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