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What are carbohydrates and lipids? Organic compounds that are mostly composed
of three types of atom; carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen
What do carbohydrates do? provide energy, in the form of sugars like glucose
and fructose, but they also make up structures
like cellulose, which form the cell wall of plant
cells
What type of carbohydrate is the mono-, di- and poly-saccharides
most important source of energy?
What are mono and disaccharides? polar and soluble in water
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What are polysaccharides? Macromolecules resulting from polymerisation
(condensation) of sugars and are not soluble in
water
Examples of monosaccharides ribose, glucose, fructose, galactose
What forms a disaccharide? two monosaccharides linked together by
condensation reactions with glycosidic bonds
releasing one H2O molecule
Alpha glucose structure
Beta glucose structure
Examples of Polysaccharides cellulose, glycogen and starch
Monomer of Sucrose glucose and fructose
monomer of maltose glucose and glucose
monomer of lactose glucose and galactose
monomer of starch glucose
monomer of glycogen glucose
monomer of cellulose glucose
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Semmelweis Entrance Exam Medicine Biology
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Terms in this set (153)
What are carbohydrates and lipids? Organic compounds that are mostly composed
of three types of atom; carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen
What do carbohydrates do? provide energy, in the form of sugars like glucose
and fructose, but they also make up structures
like cellulose, which form the cell wall of plant
cells
What type of carbohydrate is the mono-, di- and poly-saccharides
most important source of energy?
What are mono and disaccharides? polar and soluble in water
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What are polysaccharides? Macromolecules resulting from polymerisation
(condensation) of sugars and are not soluble in
water
Examples of monosaccharides ribose, glucose, fructose, galactose
What forms a disaccharide? two monosaccharides linked together by
condensation reactions with glycosidic bonds
releasing one H2O molecule
Alpha glucose structure
Beta glucose structure
Examples of Polysaccharides cellulose, glycogen and starch
Monomer of Sucrose glucose and fructose
monomer of maltose glucose and glucose
monomer of lactose glucose and galactose
monomer of starch glucose
monomer of glycogen glucose
monomer of cellulose glucose
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