Carbohydrates & Lipids Flashcards

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A polyhydroxyaldehyde or polyhydroxyketone, or a substance that gives these compounds on hydrolysis

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Carbohydrate

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2
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A carbohydrate that cannot be hydrolyzed to a simpler carbohydrate

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Monosaccharide

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3
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Building blocks of all carbohydrates

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Monosaccharide

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4
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Formula of monosaccharide

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CnH2nOn

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5
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A monosaccharide containing an aldehyde group

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Aldose

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6
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A monosaccharide containing a ketone group

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Ketose

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7
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Simplest carbohydrate monosaccharides

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Trioses

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8
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Contains a stereocenter and exists as a pair of enantiomers

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Glyceraldehyde

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9
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Mirror-images stereoisomers

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Enantiomers

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10
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The new stereocenter resulting from cyclic hemiacetal formation

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Anomeric carbon

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11
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Carbohydrates that differ in configuration only at their anomeric carbons

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Anomers

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12
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One that reduces an oxidizing agent

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Reducing sugar

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13
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When the carbonyl group of sugar is reduced to a hydroxyl group, the resulting compound is one of the polyhydroxy alcohols known as _____

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Alditols

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14
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Are particularly important in the metabolism of sugars to provide energy

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Phosphoric esters

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16
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The bond from the anomeric carbon to the -OR group

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Glycosidic bond

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17
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a monosaccharide that, when written as a Fischer projection, has the -OH on its penultimate carbon on the RIGHT

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D-monosaccharide

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18
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a monosaccharide that, when written as a Fischer projection, has the -OH on its penultimate carbon on the LEFT

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L-monosaccharide

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19
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Stereoisomers that are mirror images

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Enantiomers

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20
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Stereoisomers that are not mirror images

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Diastereomers

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21
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SUGAR FORMS A CYCLIC MOLECULE

Cyclization of sugars using C1 to C5=

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Hemiacetal

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SUGAR FORMS A CYCLIC MOLECULE

Cyclization using C2 to C5 =

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Hemiketal

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23
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Most stable arrangement in cyclic form of simple sugars

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Hemiketal formation

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The new stereocenter resulting form cyclic hemiacetal formation

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Anomeric carbon

25
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Carbohydrates that differ in configuration only

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A condition which lipid deposits blood that leads to blood disease
Arteriosclerosis
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The major structural component of the exoskeletons of invertebrates, such as insects and crustaceans
Chitin
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Major component of bacterial cell walls
Heteropolysaccharides
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Polysaccharides based on a repeating disaccharide where one of the monomers is an amino sugar and the other has a negative charge due to a sulfate or carboxylate group
Glycosaminoglycans
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Natural anticoagulant
Heparin
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A component of vitreous humor of the eye and the lubricating fluid of joints
Hyaluronic acid
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Components of connective tissue
Chondroitin sulfate Keratan sulfate
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Parent components for glycolipids
Ceramides
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Are heterogenous class of naturally occurring organic compounds classified together on the basis of common solubility properties
Lipids
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4 PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF LIPIDS
Fuel molecules Signal molecules Energy stores Membranes
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Key constituents of all lipids
Fatty acids
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Unbranched-chain carboxylic acid derived from hydrolysis of animal fats, vegetable oils, or phosphodiacylglycerols of biological membranes
Fatty acid
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Contains H+O but cannot form hydrogen bond
Aprotic
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Phytochemicals present in plants which give their distinct odor
Terpenes
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is found in almost every cell in the body, and it is a powerful antioxidant. Normally used in cosmetics
Coenzyme Q10
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Links fatty acids together
Ester linkage
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Converts unsaturated fats into trans fats (bad fats) by adding hydrogen
Hydrogenation
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Have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible and no double bonds
Saturated fatty acids
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Have one or more double bonds
Unsaturated fatty acids
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Most animal fats are _____
Saturated
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Plant fats and fish fats are usually _____
Unsaturated
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Simplest monosaccharide
Glyceraldehyde
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Major function of fats
Energy storage
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Humans and other animal store their fat in _____
Adipose cells
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Also cushion vital organs and insulated the body
Adipose tissue
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An ester of glycerol with three fatty acids
Triglyceride
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Production of soap
Saponification
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Are the second most abundant group of naturally occurring lipids
Phosphoglycerides
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A complex mixture of esters of long-chain carboxyic acids and alcohols
Waxes
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A carbohydrate in which the -OH of the anomeric carbon is replaced by -OR
Glycoside