Chemistry Of Carbohydrates

Question 1

What are the functions of carbohydrates?

Answer 1

Energy source
Energy storage
Structural roles
Conversion to other compounds
Biological importance

Question 2

Describe the structural roles function

Answer 2

Carbohydrates are essential components of RNA, DNA, plant cell walls, bacterial cell walls, and insect exoskeletons

Question 3

Describe the biological importance

Answer 3

Question 4

What are the structural classification of carbohydrates

Answer 4

Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Oligosaccharides
Polysaccharides

Question 5

Define monosaccharides

Answer 5

Simple sugars, those that cannot be hydrolysis further into simpler forms

Question 6

Define disaccharides

Answer 6

Those sugars that yield two molecules of the same or different molecules of monosaccharides on hydrolysis

Question 7

Define oligosaccharides

Answer 7

Composed of 3 to 12 monosaccharide units, they are important in forming glycoproteins and glycolipids

Question 8

Define polysaccharides

Answer 8

Those sugars that yield more than twelve molecules of monosaccharides on hydrolysis

Question 9

Polysaccharides are further divided into what two groups

Answer 9