energy topic 3 Flashcards
what are the 3 major energy sources?
carbs - major lipids - v. concentrated protein - can be used if insufficient of others
what makes up carbs
CHO
what are carbs the major source in?
plants
what are the 2 classifications of carbs?
sugars and non sugars, dependant on no of C
what is a sugar?
carb with <10 monosaccharides
oligosaccharides (all sugars but monosaccharides)
what is a non-sugar?
either polysaccharide (polymer of a mono) or complex carb (carbs + non carb molecules)
what are the 2 isomeric forms of monosaccharide sugars and which is more biologically sig?
2 isomeric forms e.g. glucose D MOST BIOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT L
what is the 2 nutritional classifications of carbs?
fibrous (insoluble) and non-fibrous (soluble)
which form of carb is more digestable?
non-fibrous (soluble), readily absorbed across SI wall
give an example of a soluble (non-fibrous) carb
monosaccharides-glucose
di- lactose
poly- starch
what is the difference in digestion of soluble (non-fibrous) in ruminants and monogastrics?
monogastric
- solubles digested by own enzymes in SI, simple sugars absorbed into blood stream >energy
ruminants
- via microbe digestion in rumen, VFA absorbed into blood stream> energy
what are fibrous (insoluble) carbs?
structural components of plants, monosaccharides strongly bonded. increase with age of plant
e.g. cellulose and hemicellulose
can animals breakdown soluble carbs?
NO
aniamal enzymes cannot digest
what is the difference in fibrous digestion in mongastrics and ruminants?
monogastrics
- in LI by enzymes, end product of VFA
ruminants
- in rumen by microbial enzymes, end product VFA
how do monogastrics breakdown fibrous carbs?
in LI, have similar microbes to ruminants to breakdown secrete enzymes (e.g. cellulase) capable of breaking bonds
end product =VFA
how do ruminants breakdown fibrous carbs?
in rumen by microbial enzymes, end product VFA
what are hind and foregut fermenters?
hindgut
- monogastric
fore
- ruminant
why do ruminants utilise fibrous insoluble carbs more efficiently then mongastrics?
- microbe pop in rumen bigger then LI
- digesta spends longer in rumen
- ruminants regurgitate
draw the digestion of carbs in a ruminant
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what are 3 VFA and what happens to them?
acetate, butyrate and propinate
the byproduct of metabolism
absorbed across rumen and into bloodstream
transported to liver
used as energy