Number of Sugars in Polysaccharides. Biology Monosaccharides Disaccharides and Polysaccharides. A sugar that is formed of two single sugar molecules.
Learn more about disaccharides in this article.
Since disaccharides are two hexose sugars bonded together the formula of a disaccharide is double that of a hexose sugar C6H12O6 less one H2O molecule from dehydration synthesis. The commonest disaccharide has the molecular formula 111 000 LIKES. A disaccharide has two units of monosaccaharide connected by a glycosidic bond a dehydration process in which a water molecule is lost from the two molecules of hesxoses. Polysaccharides meanwhile have a general formula of C x H 2 O y where x is usually a large number between 200 and 2500.