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Maltose a carbohydrate is properly categorized as:
A. a heteropolysaccharide
B. a heterodisaccharide
E. a monosaccharide
D. a homodisaccharide
C. a homopolysaccharide
1) The correct option is (D)- A homodisaccharide.
Maltose a carbohydrate is properly categorized as a homodisaccharide.
Homodisaccharides are disaccharides that are made up of two same monosaccharides.
For example- Maltose = Glucose + Glucose.
Option-A is incorrect because heteropolysaccharides are carbohydrates that are made up of more than 2 different monosaccharides and maltose is made up of only two.
Ex- Hyaluronic acid and heparin.
Option-B is incorrect because heterodisaccharides are disaccharides that are made up of two different monosaccharides.
Ex- Sucrose - Glucose + Fructose
Option-E is incorrect because it is the simplest form of sugar and cannot be hydrolyzed into more simple sugar.
Ex- Glucose
Option-C is incorrect because homopolysaccharides are carbohydrates that are made up of more than 2 similar monosaccharides and maltose is made up of only two.
Ex- Glycogen- a homopolysaccharide of glucose.