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Carbohydrates Flashcards

1
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What are carbohydrates?

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Carbohydrates are polymers made from monosaccharides

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What are examples of monosaccharides?

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Glucose, fructose and galactose

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3
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What bond is formed between monosaccharides and disaccharides?

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Glycosidic bonds

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4
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What are the isomers of glucose and state their structure?

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•Alpha and beta glucose
• Alpha has an hydroxyl group facing downwards
• Beta has an hydroxyl group facing upwards

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5
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Characteristics of Monosaccharides

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Sweet-tasting, Crystal form, white

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6
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Structure of glucose and fructose?

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Glucose is a hexose while fructose is a pentose

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7
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What are the main elements in carbohydrates

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Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen

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8
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What is the reverse reaction of condensation in the body?

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Digestion

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What are Disaccharides?

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Disaccharides are formed from the condensation of two monosaccharides

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10
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List examples of Disaccharides?

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Sucrose, maltose and lactose

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Which of the disaccharides is a reducing sugar?

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Sucrose

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12
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List the formulas of disaccharides

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Maltose = glucose + glucose
Sucrose = glucose + fructose
Lactose = glucose + galactose

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13
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Describe the reducing sugars test

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• Add Benedict’s reagent to food sample
• Put in a water bath that has been brought to boil
• Wait for 5 minutes
• Wait till color changes from blue to brick-red

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Describe the non-reducing sugars test

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• Following the negative reducing sugars test
•Add an acid (HCL) to hydrolysis the bonds
• Add an alkali (NAOH) to neutralize the acid
• Add Benedict’s reagent and heat in a water bath that has been brought to boil
• Wait for 5 minutes
• Reaction is positive if it turns from blue to brick-red

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15
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What is the function of a colorimeter

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To measure the absorption

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16
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How is the colorimeter set to perform its function?

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It’s set to different wavelengths due to different size of particles.

17
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Which solution is reduced and which is oxidized

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Benedict’s reagent is reduced and sugar solution is oxidized

18
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Define Polysaccharides

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They are formed by the condensation of many glucose units

19
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Examples of polysaccharides

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Starch, glycogen and cellulose

20
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What is the structure of cellulose

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• Made up of many hydrogen bonds
• Forms MICROFIBRILS
•1,4 glycosidic bonds
• amylose
• Long and unbranched
• Made from beta glucose

21
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What is the function of cellulose?

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• Provides strength and rigidity
• Structural support
• Found in cell wall

22
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What is the structure of starch

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• 1,4 and 1,6 glycosidic bonds
• amylose and amylopectin
• long unbranched and branched
• Made from alpha glucose

23
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What is the function of starch

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• Coiled or helical to compact more glucose
• Insoluble so it does not affect water potential
• Found in plants as storage of glucose

24
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What is the structure of glycogen

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• 1,4 and 1,6 glycosidic bonds
• long unbranched and highly branched
• Made up of alpha glucose
•Amylose and amylopectin

25
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Function of glycogen

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• Coiled or helical to compact more glucose
• Found in mammals
• Storage form of glucose

26
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Describe the test for starch

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• Add iodine dissolved in potassium iodide to good sample
• Positive reaction is when sample turns from orange to blue-black

27
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Extra knowledge

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• Carbon atoms are organic molecules
• Metabolic reactions happen in the liver

28
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Can you draw glucose, fructose, and galactose?

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Search if you got the answer right

29
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Which of the polysaccharides are soluble and insoluble and how does it affect the cell.

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they are all insoluble, so they do not affect water potential and prevent osmosis

30
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Which of the polysaccharides are soluble and insoluble and how does it affect the cell.

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they are all insoluble, so they do not affect water potential and prevent osmosis

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