Carbohydrates Flashcards
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Glucose is dextrorotatory, hence the alternative name ____, often used in clinical practice
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dextrose
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_____ is themost important carbohydrate; most dietary carbohy-drate is absorbed into the bloodstream as glucose, andother sugars are converted into glucose in the liver.
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Glucose
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Intermediate in uronic acid pathway, found in urine in essential pentosuria
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L-xylulose
3
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_____ is a homopolymer of glucose forming an α-glucosidic chain, called a glucosan or glucan.
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Starch
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____ arecomplex carbohydrates characterized by their contentof amino sugars and uronic acids.
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Glycosaminoglycans
mucopolysaccharides
