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Simple sugars like glucose, fructose, and galactose are carbohydrates that are monomers. They are also structural isomers. All three have the chemical formula C6H12O6, but differ in the way that the atoms are bonded together.

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The simple sugars, called monosaccharides, are monomers. Examples include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Carbohydrates can also be disaccharides, composed of two monomers, like sucrose, which is composed of glucose and fructose.They can also be polysaccharides, like starch, which is composed of hundreds or thousands of the monomer glucose.

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Monosaccharides, such as Glucose.
A monomer is the basic unit that binds chemically to other molecules to form a polymer.

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monosaccharides

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