Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry
Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry
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Author: Spencer L. Seager, Michael R. Slabaugh, Maren S. Hansen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.36E
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The monosaccharides used in the synthesis of nucleic acids are to be stated.

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Carbohydrates are naturally occurring compounds. Carbohydrates are polyhydroxy aldehydes and ketones.

A monosaccharide is the simplest form of carbohydrate. It possesses either ketone or aldehyde group with one or more than one hydroxyl groups. Disaccharides, trisaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides all involve monosaccharide as subunits.

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