carbs Flashcards
A general term referring to organic compounds essential to life
Biomolecule
A study of compounds and processes associated with living organisms
Biochemistry
Carbohydrates are _______ of tremendous biological and commercial importance
Compounds
What is the four important functions of carbohydrates in living organism
Provide energy through their oxidation
supply carbon for the synthesis of cell components
serve as stored form of chemical energy
form a part of the structural elements of some cells and tissues
A descriptive term for compounds or objects that cannot be superimposed on their mirror
chiral
A carbon atom with four different groups attached
chiral carbon
A molecule that rotates the plane of polarized light
Optically active molecule
What solution can oxidize reducing sugar
Cu2+
A mixture of equal amounts of glucose and fructose
Invert sugar
What is the most striking chemical characteristic of carbohydrates
Large number of functional groups
What is the center carbon of glyceraldehyde
Chiral
