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monosaccharide

[mon-uh-sak-uh-rahyd, -er-id] / ˌmɒn əˈsæk əˌraɪd, -ər ɪd /


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Vu also recommended using an invert sugar, which is a liquid mixture of the monosaccharides glucose and fructose.

From Salon

High fructose corn syrup, also used in processed foods, is a mixture of the monosaccharides glucose and fructose.

From Salon

Fructose, a monosaccharide known as "fruit sugar," is a common dietary sugar found naturally in fruit, honey, and processed foods.

From Science Daily

Alliums store their energy in polysaccharides, which are chains of monosaccharides, or simple sugars.

From New York Times

The final key component of Li and colleagues’ system is another hairpin DNA, which contains a complementary sequence to the monosaccharide code and a sequence that can displace the protein code from a double helix.

From Nature