Answer: The correct answer is Aldose.
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A disaccharide is produced when two monosaccharides are linked by a glycosidic bond.
- Any carbohydrate which has six carbon atoms is called as hexose. It is a monosaccharide. The functional group in hexose can be aldehyde or ketone.
- Ketose is a carbohydrate which contains ketone as a functional group.
Aldose, as the name suggests, it means having aldehyde group. Thus, it is a carbohydrate which has aldehyde as a functional group.
Example- D- Glyceraldehyde.
