CC LEC MIDTERMSSSS Flashcards
Three general types of such compounds are
⚫ Carbohydrates (CHO)
⚫ Amino acids
⚫ And lipids
are the primary source of energy for brain, erythrocytes and retinal cells
Carbohydrates
Stored primarily as liver & muscle glycogen
Carbohydrates
General formula of Carbohydrates
(CH2O)n
Classification of CHO is based on four different properties:
- The size of the base carbon chain
- The location of the CO functional group
- The number of sugar units
- The stereochemistry of the compound
The size of the base carbon chain can be classified based on the number of carbons in the molecule
⚫ Trioses ( 3 Carbons)
⚫ Tetroses
⚫ Pentoses
⚫ And hexoses
aldehyde as functional group
Aldose form
ketone as functional group
Ketose form
Classification based on the number of sugar units in the chain
- Monosaccharide
- Disaccharide (2 sugars linked together)
- Oligosaccharide (2-10 linked sugars)
- Polysaccharide (long sugar chains)
Simplest sugars; cannot be broken down into any simpler sugar
Monosaccharide
Important pentose (5 carbon) sugars include
ribose and 2-deoxyribose
Formed from two monosaccharide with the production of water.
Disaccharides
Most common form of Disaccharides is
Sucrose (table sugar) which is glucose and fructose
(glucose and galactose)
Lactose
(glucose and glucose)
Maltose
not digested by humans.
Plants (cellulose)
principal CHO (polysaccharide) storage product of plants
Starch
principal CHO storage product in animal.
Glycogen
formed by the combination of monosaccharide.
Glycogen
Mirror image forms
Stereochemistry
right side OH
D
left side OH
L
are based on the configuration about the single asymmetric C
D & L designations
is a primary source of energy
Glucose
tissue cannot concentrate or store
CHO
Nervous
digest the nonabsorbable forms of
Carohydrates to dextrin and disaccharide which are hydrolyzed to monosaccharide
Amylase