CARBOHYDRATES Flashcards

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1
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monosaccharides and disaccharides

A

simple carbohydrates

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2
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polysaccharides

A

complex carbohydrates

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3
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dextrose or blood sugar

A

glucose

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4
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fruit sugar

A

fructose

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5
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part of lactose

A

galactose

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6
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table sugar

A

sucrose

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7
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milk sugar

A

lactose

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8
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malt sugar

A

maltose

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9
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long chains of glucose found in animals

A

glycogen

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10
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long chains of glucose in plants

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starch

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11
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most indigestible CHO; gums, mucilages, lignin

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fiber

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12
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insoluble fibers

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cellulose, ligninss

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13
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soluble fibers

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pectins, gums, mucilages

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14
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moves glucose from the blood into the cells

A

insulin

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15
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signals the liver to release glucose into the blood

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glucagon

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16
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released when emergency fuel needed

A

epinepherine

17
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mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol

A

sugar alcohols

18
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sugar substitutes

A

artificial sweeteners

19
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monosaccharides contain _________ atoms

A

chiral carbon

20
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used to distinguish the different stereoisomers

A

fischer projections

21
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stereoisomers that are not enantiomers

A

diasteriomers

22
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one or more OHs are replaced with Hs

A

deoxy sugars

23
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one or more OHs are replaced with NH2s

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amino sugars

24
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ketone or aldehyde is reduced to an alcohol

A

alcohol sugars

25
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ketone, aldehyde, or primary alcohol is oxidized to a carboxylic acid

A

carboxylic acid sugar

26
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sugars that are capable of producing a positive benedict’s test are called

A

reducing sugars

27
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the hemiacetal or hemiketal carbon that forms in the ring

A

anomeric carbon

28
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contain a single type of monosaccharide unit

A

homopolysaccharide

29
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contain more than one type of monosaccharide unit

A

heteropolysaccharides

30
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structural polymer produced by plants

A

polysaccharide cellulose

31
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polymer produced by plants for glucose storage

A

polysaccharide starch

32
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found in lubrication fluid that surrounds joints and in the vitreous humor of the eye

A

hyaluronic acid

33
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present in connective tissue

A

chondroitin sulfate