Q. Which of the following is used by the green plants for the manufacture of sugar ?
Solution:
- Carbondioxide, Sunlight, Water are used by the green plants for the manufacture of sugar.
- Simple sugars are called monosaccharides and include glucose (also known as dextrose), fructose, and galactose.In the body, sucrose is hydrolysed into the simple sugars fructose and glucose.
- Other disaccharides include maltose from malted grain, and lactose from milk.
- Longer chains of sugars are called oligosaccharides or polysaccharides.
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