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Interpretation: To identify the three major monosaccharides produced by the carbohydrate digestion.
Concept introduction: Carbohydrates are the
Monosaccharides are the simplest carbohydrate units that cannot be hydrolyzed further to give the smallest units.
Digestion is defined as the biochemical process by which the food molecules are broken down into small chemical units through hydrolysis and these simpler chemical units are used by cells present in the body for their
Dietary carbohydrates are taken by mouth where the
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