Carbohydrates that are not cleaved to smaller carbohydrates on attempted hydrolysis are called

Options

A. monosaccharide
B. Disaccharide
C. oligosaccharide
D. polysaccharide

Answer

A

Explanation

Monosaccharides are the simplest carbohydrates which cannot be hydrolysed to smaller molecules, their general formula is `(CH_(2) O)_(n)` where `n = 3` to 10.
For example, galactose is a monosaccharide.
Oligosaccharides on hydrolysis could yield 2 to 10 monosaccharides.