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[2ND YEAR] CCP 4.1 - Pharmaceutical Biochemistry (Lab) > FINAL 01 - Isolation and Characterization of Carbohydrates > Flashcards

FINAL 01 - Isolation and Characterization of Carbohydrates Flashcards

1
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Are polyhydroxyaldehydes and polyhydroxyketones

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Carbohydrates

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General chemical formula for carbohydrates

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Cn(H2O)n

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Building blocks of carbohydrates

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Monosaccharides

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Also known as the simple sugars; they cannot be further hydrolyzed (Types of carbohydrates)

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Monosaccharides

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4
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The simplest monosaccharide contains three carbon called __________

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Trioses

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2 types of monosaccharides (HP)

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Hexoses, Pentoses

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An aldohexose; includes dextrose, which is a blood and physiologic sugar (Types of hexoses)

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Glucose

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A ketohexose that is a reducing sugar; also known as fruit sugar (Types of hexoses)

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Fructose

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8
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Fructose is also known as __________, the sweetest monosaccharide

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Levulose

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9
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Readily absorbed in the intestines, biosynthesized in the mammary glands (Types of hexoses)

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Galactose

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A hexose that is tested using osazone test (Types of hexoses)

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Mannose

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11
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Glucose (Test for hexoses)

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Moore’s test

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12
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Fructose (Test for hexoses)

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Seliwanoff’s test

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13
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Galactose (Test for hexoses)

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Mucic test

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14
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Mannose (Test for hexoses)

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Osazone test

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15
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Found in gum arabic/acacia (Types of pentoses)

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Found in RNA (Types of pentoses)

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Found in DNA (Types of pentoses)

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Deoxyribose

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Are composed of two monosaccharide units (Types of carbohydrates)

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Disaccharide

19
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Glucose + Fructose (Examples of disaccharides)

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Glucose + Glucose (α-1,4) (Examples of disaccharides)

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Glucose + Glucose (β-1,4) (Examples of disaccharides)

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Cellubiose

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Glucose + Galactose (Examples of disaccharides)

23
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2 types of polysaccharides (HH)

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Homopolysaccharides, Heteropolysaccharides

24
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Starch (Types of polysaccharides)

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Homopolysaccharide

25
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Glycogen (Types of polysaccharides)

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Homopolysaccharide

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Cellulose (Types of polysaccharides)

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Homopolysaccharide

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Chitin (Types of polysaccharides)

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Homopolysaccharide

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Hyaluronic acid (Types of polysaccharides)

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Heteropolysaccharide

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Dermatan (skin) (Types of polysaccharides)

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Heteropolysaccharide

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Keratan (nails) (Types of polysaccharides)

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Heteropolysaccharide

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Agarose (Types of polysaccharides)

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Heteropolysaccharide

32
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Peptidoglycan (Types of polysaccharides)

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Heteropolysaccharide

33
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An example of oligosaccharide; a product of starch degradation

[2ND YEAR] CCP 4.1 - Pharmaceutical Biochemistry (Lab) (13 decks)

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