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Monosaccharides

Monosaccharides are basic carbohydrates that can no longer be simplified. They are the basic building block of all the more complex carbohydrates - oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. In general, carbohydrates are inaccurately called sugars, but as sugars, we only label sugars of sweet taste, ie most monosaccharides. Carbohydrates are the most widely used natural substances. These are glucose, fructose (fruit sugar) and galactose (sugar in breast milk).