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Saccharide

Glucides are a group of broadly defined molecules: they are made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; the simplest of them are simple sugars, called monosaccharides. Disaccharides are made up of two agglomerated monosaccharides (the most well-known example is saccharose); they often serve to transport sugar in the body. Polysaccharides are created through the agglomeration of several saccharides. This is the case for starch or cellulose.

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