CARBOHYDRATES Flashcards
monosaccharides and disaccharides
simple carbohydrates
polysaccharides
complex carbohydrates
dextrose or blood sugar
glucose
fruit sugar
fructose
part of lactose
galactose
table sugar
sucrose
milk sugar
lactose
malt sugar
maltose
long chains of glucose found in animals
glycogen
long chains of glucose in plants
starch
most indigestible CHO; gums, mucilages, lignin
fiber
insoluble fibers
cellulose, ligninss
soluble fibers
pectins, gums, mucilages
moves glucose from the blood into the cells
insulin
signals the liver to release glucose into the blood
glucagon
released when emergency fuel needed
epinepherine
mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol
sugar alcohols
sugar substitutes
artificial sweeteners
monosaccharides contain _________ atoms
chiral carbon
used to distinguish the different stereoisomers
fischer projections
stereoisomers that are not enantiomers
diasteriomers
one or more OHs are replaced with Hs
deoxy sugars
one or more OHs are replaced with NH2s
amino sugars
ketone or aldehyde is reduced to an alcohol
alcohol sugars
ketone, aldehyde, or primary alcohol is oxidized to a carboxylic acid
carboxylic acid sugar
sugars that are capable of producing a positive benedict’s test are called
reducing sugars
the hemiacetal or hemiketal carbon that forms in the ring
anomeric carbon
contain a single type of monosaccharide unit
homopolysaccharide
contain more than one type of monosaccharide unit
heteropolysaccharides
structural polymer produced by plants
polysaccharide cellulose
polymer produced by plants for glucose storage
polysaccharide starch
found in lubrication fluid that surrounds joints and in the vitreous humor of the eye
hyaluronic acid
present in connective tissue
chondroitin sulfate