Read the following scenario and use what you know to choose the best answer.Digestion of an unlabeled carbohydrate results in a surge in the observed amounts of the monosaccharides glucose and galactose.Which of the following choices is most likely to be the original, unlabeled carbohydrate?
A) sucrose
B) maltose
C) lactose
D) cellulose
E) glycogen

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Lactose is a disaccharide composed of glucose and galactose, so its digestion would result in a surge in observed amounts of both monosaccharides. Sucrose is composed of glucose and fructose, maltose is composed of two glucose molecules, cellulose and glycogen are complex carbohydrates and would not result in a surge in observed amounts of monosaccharides.

Read the Following Scenario and Use What You Know to Choose