1.3 - Risk factors for CVD Flashcards
What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids?
unsaturated have double bonds whereas saturated only have single bonds
What is one monomers of carbohydrates called?
monosaccharide
What is 2 monomers of carbohydrate called?
disaccharide
What is many monomers of carbohydrates called?
polysaccharide
What is the general formula of a monosaccharide?
(CH2O)n - where n is the number of carbon atoms in the molecule
What are the 4 types of monosaccharides called? How many carbon atoms are in each?
- triose sugars (3 carbon atoms)
- tetrose sugars (4 carbon atoms)
- pentose sugars (5 carbon atoms)
- hexose sugars (6 carbon atoms)
What sugar group is glucose in?
hexose sugar
In what sort of reaction, do disaccharides form?
condensation
What type of bond is form between 2 monosaccharides?
glycosidic bond
What is formed from 2 glucose monosaccharides?
maltose
What is formed from a glucose and fructose monosaccharide?
sucrose
What is formed from a glucose and galactose monosaccharide?
lactose
What by-product is produced in a condensation reaction?
water
What is the reverse of a condensation reaction?
hydrolysis
What happens in a hydrolysis reaction?
polymers & disaccharides can be broken down into monomers, breaking the glycosidic bonds using water molecule
What are the 3 main polysaccharides of glucose?
starch, glycogen & cellulose
What are the 2 types of glucose molecules?
- alpha & beta
What is the monomer that starch is made up of?
alpha glucose
Which 2 molecules does starch consist of? In what percentage proportions?
amylose (20-30%) & amlyopectin (70%-80%)
Where is starch normally found? How is it stored?
in plants - intracellular starch grains
- What is starch produced from?
- During what?
- glucose
- photosynthesis
- During what is starch broken down?
- Why?
- respiration
- to provide energy
What forms amlyopectin?
linking alpha glucoses in 1,4 & 1,6 glycosidic bonds
What forms amylose?
linking alpha glucose molecules together w 1,4 glycosidic bonds