Intro To Carbs

Question 1

Why do carbs taste the cyclic shape?

Answer 1

It’s more stable that way

Question 2

Name some disaccharides and their units.

Answer 2

Lactose : glucose and galactose : found in milk
Maltose: glucose and glucose
Sucrose: glucose and fructose

Question 3

Functions of carbs?

Answer 3

• energy production
• energy storage
• supply carbon for compound synthesis
• form structural components in cells and tissues

Question 4

How do carbs store energy?

Answer 4

In form of glycogen in animals and human

In form of starch in plants

Question 5

Origin of carbs?

Answer 5

Photosynthesis from plants

Question 6

What will be the storage form of carbs in vegans?

Answer 6

Glycogen

Question 7

Classify carbs

Answer 7

Monosaccharides 
Disaccharide (2 units of mono)
Oligosaccharides (3-10)
Polysaccharide (more than 10 units)
Complex sugars (a carb mol blinded to a non carb mol)

Question 8

Functional groups in carbs?

Answer 8

Ketones and aldehydes

Carbonyl group which is a double bond of carbon with oxygen

Question 9

How to classify monosaccharides

Answer 9

Functional group + number of carbons + ose

Question 10

What is an enantiomer

Answer 10

A pair of isomers that differ in organization of molecules by Being completely mirrored

Question 11

Types of enantiomers

Answer 11

L isomeric form and d isomeric form

L left

D right

Question 12

What are the enzymes that interconvert d and l isomers

Answer 12

Race makes

Question 13

How do cyclic shapes occur in monosaccharides

Answer 13

The ketone/aldehyde group react with the OH on the same sugar