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What are examples of carbohydrates?

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Grass, corn silage, hay, corn, potato, sugar beets,

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What roles do carbohydrates play in plants?

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1) Structural Support
- cellulose
2) Energy Reserve
- starch
3) Tissue Synthesis
- DNA and RNA framework

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Where are there large amounts of carbohydrates?

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Plant tissue

-starch, fiber (cellulose, hemicellulose)

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Where are there small amounts of carbohydrates?

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Animal tissue

-glucose: “blood sugar” and glycogen (energy storage)

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What are simple carbohydrates?

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Monosaccarhides and Disaccarhides

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What do monosaccharides consist of?

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glucose, fructose, and galactose

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What do disaccharides consist of?

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lactose, fructose, and maltose

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How many sugar units do monosaccharides have?

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How many sugar units to disaccharides have?

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2

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What does lactose consist of?

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glucose and galactose

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What does sucrose consist of?

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glucose and fructose

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What does maltose consist of?

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glucose and glucose

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What are complex carbohydrates?

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oligosaccharides and polysaccharides

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How many sugar units do oligosaccharides have?

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3-10

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How many sugar units do polysaccharides have?

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more than 10

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What do oligosaccharides consist of?

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raffinose, stachyose, verbascose

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What do polysaccharides consist of?

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starch, glycogen, dietary fiber

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What do monosaccharides consist of?

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single sugar units of C:H:O in the ratio of 1:2:1

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How are monosaccharides characterized?

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the number of C atoms they contain

there are about 70 known monosaccharides

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What are isomers?

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each of two or more compounds with the same formula but a different arrangement of atoms in the molecule and different properties.

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What is glucose?

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  • commercially produced by hydrolysis of cornstarch

- most abundant monosaccharide in the body

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What is galactose?

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  • combines glucose to form lactose
  • component of galactolipids found in plants

*galactolipids: lipids bound to galactose

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What make cell membranes?

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phospholipids

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What are the cerebrosides?

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lipids that form shape around your nerves.

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What is fructose?
- sweetest of all sugars - combines with glucose to form sucrose - major sweetener used in many foods
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What is ATP?
Adenosine Triphosphate- energy currency of cells
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ribose+adenine=
adenosine
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What is the difference between ATP and ADP?
number of phosphates
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What are disaccharides?
consist of 2 monosaccharide units attached together by a glycosidic bond
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What is a reaction with water?
hydration reaction or condensation reaction
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What is lactose?
- only found naturally in milk - glucose+galactose - Beta-1,4 glycosidic bond - broken down by lactase
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What is sucrose?
- table sugar - most widely distributed disaccharide - glucose+fructose - alpha-1,2 glycosidic bond - broken down by sucrase
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What is maltose?
- contained in malt beverages - hydrolysis of starch - glucose+glucose - alpha-1,4 glycosidic bond - broken down by maltase
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What are oligosaccharides?
- components of cell membranes - sources: dried beans, soybeans, peas, lentils, sweet potato - part of milk (human milk)- prebiotic effects
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Do humans lack enzymes to digest oligosaccharides?
Yes. They cause bloat, cramps, and gas.
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What are polysaccharides?
made of hundreds of monosaccharide units bonded together to form high molecular weight polymers
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How is starch stored in a polysaccharide?
- in the form of amyloplasts | - amylose and amylopectin
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Where is glycogen stored in a polysaccharide?
liver and muscles | also, kidneys and uterus
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What is fiber key for?
ruminants | not used for energy storage in humans
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What is starch?
long chains of glucose molecules connected together
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What are the two forms of starch?
1) Amylose - alpha-1,4 (unbranched chains) 2) Amylopectin - alpha- 1,4 and alpha 1,6 (branched chains)
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What is amylose?
-long unbranched chains of glucose connected by alpha-1,4 linkage -soluble in water 20-30% of starch in most plants
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What is amylopectin?
- branched chain polymer with alpha-1,4 and alpha-1,6 linkages - each side chain contains 19-26 glucose units - comprises 70-80% of starch
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What is glycogen?
- branched chain polymer - alpha-1,4 and alpha-1,6 linkages - storage form of glucose in animals
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What is carbohydrate loading?
the dietary technique used by athletes to increase glycogen stored in the liver and muscle tissue - delays the onset of fatigue - avoid early low energy levels
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What are soluble fibers?
some hemicellulose, pectin, gums, beta-glucans
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What are insoluble fibers?
lignin, cellulose, some hemicellulose
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What is fiber?
structural carbohydrates in plants | -stem, husk of seeds
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What is cellulose?
- long linear chains of glucose units in beta-1,4 linkage - insoluble in water - indigestible by mammalian enzymes
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What is hemicellulose?
chain of different sugars in backbone, side chains | beta- 1,4 and alpha-1,2 linkages
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What is lignin?
- highly branched poly-phenolic polymer - many phenol units with strong bonding - 2nd most abundant organic polymer - does NOT contain sugar units (so not a carbohydrate) - forms linkages with cellulose and hemicellulose - content increases as plants mature - indigestible by mammalian, microbial cells
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What is pectin?
- complex group of pectic polysaccharides rich in galacturonic acid - alpha-1,4 linked galacturonic acid - some have sugar side chains - found in cell wall of citrus fruits (gelling agent in jam and jellies)
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What are Beta-Glucans?
homo-polymers of glucopyranose units with beta-1,4 and beta-1,3 linkages - water soluble - highly fermentable - used commercially as functional fiber - reduce cholesterol - reduce post prandial glucose concentration

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