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Question

A linear polysaccharide chain contains 10 covalently linked glucose units. After complete digestion in the small intestine, how many glucose monomers will be available to be absorbed into the blood?

Accepted Answer

10 glucose monomers.

Answer

20 monosaccharides, because each glucose splits into two smaller sugars during absorption.

Answer

0, since humans cannot digest polysaccharides and they pass intact to the large intestine.

Answer

5 glucose monomers, because digestion cleaves every other bond and reduces the total by half.