CARBOHYDRATES Flashcards
are widely distributed in plant tissues and are also found in animal tissues like liver and muscles
-Carbohydrates
-primary/most important source of energy in the form of glycogen or from the diet.
-Carbohydrates
-stored form of glucose, made up of many connected glucose molecules
Glycogen
your bodys main source of energy. It comes from carbohydrates (a macronutrient) in
certain foods and fluids you consume.
-Glucose
most common non-reducing sugar
sucrose-
method of representing the three-dimensional structures of molecules on
a page
Fisher Projection-
is a short form of dextrorotatory glucose. It is one of the two stereo isomers of
glucose, and is the one that is biologically active. It occurs in plants as a product of
photosynthesis.
D-glucose
is less biologically active and less common. In higher forms of organisms, is not produced naturally.
L-glucose
a convenient notation for showing the structure of sugars.
- cyclic structure of monosaccharides
Haworth Projection
Classification Carbohydrates
1.Monosaccharides or simple sugars
2. Disaccharides
3.Polysaccharides
Sugar that cannot be hydrolyzed to a simpler form, Sugar that contains 3, 4, 5, 6 carbon atoms
1.Monosaccharides or simple sugars
Monosaccharides or simple sugars examples
fructose, glucose, galactose
Formed by interaction of two monosaccharides
Disaccharides
glucose + glucose
Maltose
glucose + galactose
Lactose