The milk sugar, lactose, is made up of glucose and galactose. What type of a carbohydrate is lactose?

A.polysaccharide
B.monosaccharide
C.dissacharide

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The milk sugar, lactose, is made up of glucose and galactose. What type of a carbohydrate is lactose?

A.polysaccharide
B.monosaccharide
C.dissacharide

anonymous · Answer

is it is made up of two monosaccharides then is it a ?

anonymous · Answer

Lactose is a dissacharide, di- indicating two monosaccharides. A polysaccharide comprises 10-1000s of monosaccharides. A monosaccharide is the simplest carbohydrate which cannot be further hydrolysed into simpler carbohydrates.

anonymous · Answer

Addition: Glucose and Galactose are examples of monosaccharides.