MONOSACCHARIDES

IMPORTANCE
First and foremost, monosaccharides are used to produce and
store energy. Most organisms create energy by breaking dow
the monosaccharide glucose, and harvesting the energy
released from the bonds.

MONOSACCHARIDES
Other monosaccharides are used to form long fibers, which c
be used as a form of cellular structure. Plants create cellulose
to serve this function, while some bacteria can produce a
similar cell wall from slightly different polysaccharides.

MONOSACCHARIDES
Even animal cells surround themselves with a
complex matrix of polysaccharides, all made from
smaller monosaccharides.

DISACCHARIDES

Disaccharides serve a very important role for health and energy.

As previously noted, carbohydrates, including disaccharides,
provide your body with glucose, which gives you energy to run all
your organ systems, get through your day at work and fuel your
workout.
IMPORTANCE

Polysaccharides
are an important class of
biological polymers. Their
function in living organisms
is usually either structure- or
storage-related. Starch (a
polymer of glucose) is used as
a storage polysaccharide in
plants, being found in the
form of both amylose and the
branched amylopectin.

POLYSACCHARIDES