Question: what are sugars in organic chemistry?
Answer: Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry - Sugar. Sugar: (1) A carbohydrate, or a monosaccharide portion of a disaccharide, oligosaccharide, or polysaccharide. ... polysaccharide) and a complex sugar. (2) Sucrose; table sugar. Molecular structure of sucrose, a disaccharide.