Which among the following are the most common pentoses and hexoses?

Disaccharides

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Monosaccharides

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Oligosaccharides

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Polysaccharides

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Solution

The correct option is B Monosaccharides
A monosaccharide carbohydrate is made up of a single unit of sugar while an oligosaccharide is made up of a few units of sugars while polysaccharide is made up of many units of simple sugars. A monosaccharide sugar can be a pentose sugar; if it is made up of five carbon atoms or hexose sugar; if it is made up of six carbon atoms.

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