Difference between monosaccharide, disaccharide and polysaccharide

Monosaccharide provides human body with ability through decomposition, and blood sugar is glucose existing in blood.

Disaccharides are naturally occurring free sugars and functional sugars, represented by lactose in mammals, trehalose in the blood of bacteria and insects, and sucrose in plants. These are the energy sources of various organisms, or the raw materials of organisms, which play an important role in the storage or transportation of essential sugar.

Polysaccharide can reduce the side effects of commonly used immunosuppressants, such as cytotoxicity, reducing the body's anti-infection ability and inhibiting the proliferation of bone marrow hematopoietic cells.

2. Different classifications

Monosaccharide can be divided into trisaccharide, trisaccharide, pentose and hexose.

Disaccharide, sucrose, maltose, lactose, etc.

The broad classification of polysaccharides can be divided into homogeneous polysaccharides and heterogeneous polysaccharides.

3. Different characteristics

Some chemical reactions of monosaccharides are carried out in cyclic structure, while others are carried out in open chain structure.

Disaccharides can be crystalline, water-soluble or sweet. These properties are determined by monosaccharides that form disaccharides.

Polysaccharide is not a pure chemical substance, but a mixture of substances with different polymerization degrees. Generally speaking, polysaccharides are insoluble in water, have no sweetness, cannot form crystals, and have no reducibility and rotation. Polysaccharides are also glycosides, so they can be hydrolyzed.

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