Monosaccharide has zero connections to carbohydrates.
=== Linear-chain monosaccharides ===Simple monosaccharides have a linear and unbranched carbon skeleton with one carbonyl (C=O) functional group, and one hydroxyl (OH) group on each of the remaining carbon atoms
, deoxyribose), monosaccharides have this chemical formula: (CH2O)x, where conventionally x  3

