Sciencer.

  Chocolate, the one thing we never come to hate (even after being diagnosed with diabetes 😂), have glucose which gives that sweet taste to it. Glucose is a monosaccharide. It is the main source of energy in animals and plants where it is responsible in producing ATP (molecules which provide energy) during cellular respiration which is a series of oxidation reactions (reactions where electrons are donated to outside from that molecule of Glucose).  Let us try to understand about Monosaccharides through this simple sugar. The Structure of Glucose is shown in the below image, As you can see, it is a simple organic sugar molecule (Well, not so simple for  those who are new to this😁) made of 6C atoms. Therefore it is called a Hexose sugar with -OH and -H groups attached to it.  Since the functional group in this Organic compound is a Carbonyl group (aldehyde group) it is called an Aldose . As a result, these are also referred to as Polyhydroxy aldehydes .   The ch...