Carbohydrates Flashcards
Monosaccharide found in proteoglycans
Neuramaminic acid
Oligosaccharides have how many sugars
3-10
MonoSaccharid found in cardiac tissue
Lyxose
Sugar units are linked by what bonds
Glycosidic
Starches form what type of chains
A-glucosidic
Polysaccharide used to determine GFR
Inulin
Also known as mucopolysaccharides
Glycosaminoglycans
Glycosaminoglycans contain
Amino sugars and uronic acids
Also known as mucoproteinsq
Glycoproteins
Compounds with the same chemical formula but different structures
Isomers
Compounds that differ in confugration of around only one specific carbon atom, with the exception of the carbonyl carbon
Epimer
Mirror images
Enantiomers
Sugars are convertible bn linear form and a ring form
Anomers
Glucose and galactose are absorbed by what transport mechanism
Secondary active
Fructose is absorbed via what mechanism
Facilitated