CARBOHYDRATES Flashcards
Most abundant group of organic molecules in nature
Carbohydrates
First product formed during Photosynthesis
Carbohydrates
How many kcal of Energy does 1 gram of carbohydrate contains?
4
General test for Carbohydrate
Anthrone test
Positive result for anthrone test
blue or green solution
Three classes of sugar
Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides
Four functions of carbohydrates
Storage of energy
Source of energy
Cell components
Structural component
Storage of energy in plants
Starch
Storage of energy in animals
GLycogen
Simplest CHO units
Monosaccharides
Change that monosaccharides undergoes through
Mutarotation
7 monosaccharides
Diose Triose Tetrose Pentose Hexose Heptose Nonose
Example of diose
Hydroxyacetaldehyde
2 kinds of triose
Aldotriose
Ketotriose
4 examples of pentoses
Ribose
Ribulose
Xylose
Xylulose
Product of gum hydrolysis
Ribose
Where is ribose found
RNA
AKA “wood sugar”
Xylose
Use of xylose
diagnostic aid for intestinal absorption
Test for Pentoses
Bials Test
Benzidine Test
Most important monosaccharides
Hexose
Other names of glucose
“grape sugar”
“physiologic sugar”
“blood sugar”
“corn sugar”
Hexose aka Dextrose
Glucose
Normal value in the blood:
80-120mg
3 forms of glucose
Dextrose excipient
Liquid glucose
Dextrates
Product of incomplete (acid) hydrolysis of starch
Liquid glucose
Fructose another name
Levulose
Fructose common name
Fruit sugar
Sweetest sugar
“Brain Sugar”
Galactose
Where is galactose most rapidly absorbed
Small intestines
Where is galactose found
MIlk
Two monosaccharide units linked by glycosidic bond
Disaccharide
2 common names of sucrose
Table sugar
Invert sugar
Glucose + fructose =
Sucrose
Only disaccharide that occurs in free state
sucrose
Three sources of sucrose
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar mapple
Sugar beets SN
Beta vulgaris
SUgar cane SN
Saccharum officinarum
Sugar Mapple SN
Acer saccharum
How is sucrose prepared from sugar cane?
Boiled with lime
Two uses of lime in preparation of sucrose
Neutralize plant acids
Coagulate albumins
Three syrup uses
Mask disagreeable taste
Bacteriostatic
Self-preserving
Universally distributes sugar in green leaves & in stems
Saccharose
Malt Sugar
Maltose
Glucose + Glucose =
Maltose
Major degradation product of starch hydrolysis
Maltose
Milk Sugar
Lactose
Glucose + Galactose =
Lactose
Where is lactose found?
Lactose
Two uses of lactose
Tablet diluent
Infant feeding
5 sugars under disaccharides
Sucrose Maltose Lactose Milk Products Lactulose
Fermented milk
Kumyss
The liquid separated from coagulum
Whey
Churned whole milk makes
Butter and buttermilk
Rancid Flavor of Butter left at room temperature is because of
Butyric acid
Separated buttermilk makes
Skimmed milk and cream
Skimmed milk with rennin makes
Whey and coagulum
Two brand names of lactulose
Duphalac
Lilac
Fructose + Galactose =
Lactulose
Use of lactulose
laxative
Sugars with 3-10 monosaccharide units
Oligiosaccharides
2 sugars under oligosaccharides
Maltose
Dextrin
Intermediate product of acid hydrolysis
Maltose
Responsible for the browning of bread
Dextrin
Product of partial hydrolysis o starch
Dextrin
Two types of polysaccharides
Homoglycans
Heteroglycans
Complex, high MW polymer of monosaccharides
Polysaccharides
Structural polysaccharides in plant
Cellulose
Makes up the cell wall of plants
Cellulose
Four forms of cellulose
Purified Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
Powdered Cellulose
Microcrystalline Cellulose
Purified Rayon
Six cellulose derivatives
Methylcellulose Ethylcellulose Hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose Pyroxylin Cellulose acetate phthalate Caboxymethylcellulose
How to make collodion
Pyroxylin + Ether/Alcohol
How to make flexible collodion
Collodion + 3% Castor OIl + Camphor
Six sugars under homoglycans polysaccharides
Cellulose Chitin Starch Inulin Glycogen Dextran
Structural polysaccharides in animals & fungi
Chitin