Difference between Poly-saccharides and Mono-saccharides
Difference between Poly-saccharides and Mono-saccharides are in tabular form below –
No. |
Poly-saccharides |
Mono-saccharides |
Definition |
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1. | The large molecules that contains more than 10 monosaccharide units, storage polysaccharides are glycogen, starch, amylopectin and structural polysaccharides include chitin and cellulose, this is known as Polysaccharides. | The simple sugars which can be categorized by the number of carbon and whether an aldehyde or ketone and this cannot be hydrolysed into simple carbohydrate, this is known as Monosaccharides. |
Made up of |
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2. | The polysaccharide is made up of large number of monomers. | The Monosaccharide is made up of single monomer. |
Structures |
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3. | The polysaccharide contains branched and complex structures. | The monosaccharide contains linear, simple and unbranched structures. |
Taste |
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4. | Taste of polysaccharide is not sweet. | Taste of monosaccharide is sweet. |
Ring structure |
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5. | Polysaccharide contains a number of ring structures. | Monosaccharide contains a single ring structure. |
Soluble or not |
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6. | In the water, polysaccharide is insoluble. | In the water, monosaccharide is soluble. |