EX 9 Flashcards
- most significant source of energy
- provide storage energy
- important cellular component
- important structural component
CARBOHYDRATES
made up of one sugar unit
monosaccharide
made up of two monosaccharide
disaccharides
short polymers of usually three to ten monosaccharides unit
oligosaccharides
long polymers of monosaccharides
polysaccharides
2-carbon sugar
hydroxyacetaldehyde
3- carbon sugar
glyceraldehyde
4-carbon sugar
erythrose
5-carbon sugar
ribos
7-carbon sugar
sedoheptulose
9-carbon sugar
neuraminic acid
6-carbon sugar
glucose
sucrose + fructose
sucrose
glucose + galactose
lactose
glucose + glucose
maltose
fructose + galactose
lactulose
3 glucose units
maltotriose
several sugar units
dextrin
structural polysaccharide units in plants
cellulose
structural polysaccharide units in animals
chitin
storage polysaccharide units in plants
starch
water-soluble starch
hetastarch
storage polysaccharide units in animals
glycogen
polyfructan of fructofuranose
inulin
homoplyglucan of a-1,6 bond
dextran
present in vitreous humor & synovial fluid
hyaluronic acid