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1) Glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone are the simplest trioses, or three-carbon sugars. Glyceraldehyde is an aldose with an aldehyde group, while dihydroxyacetone is a ketose with a ketone group. 2) Monosaccharides can be either aldoses or ketoses. Common disaccharides include maltose, cellobiose, lactose, and sucrose, which are formed from links between monosaccharide units. 3) Polysaccharides contain many monosaccharide units and include starch and cellulose. Starch is made of amylose, a linear chain o
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