Tag: Biochemistry 12
Carbohydrate Metabolism Introduction All living cells require energy to carry out various cellular activities. This energy is stored in the chemical bonds of organic molecules (e.g. carbohydrates, fats, proteins) …
Heteropolysaccarides Heteropolysaccarides contain two or more different kind of monosaccharides. Usually they provide extracellular support for organisms of all kingdoms: the bacteria cell envelope, or the matrix that holds …
Reactions of Monosaccharides Enediol formation In mild alkaline solutions, carbohydrates containing free sugar group (aldehyde or keto group) will tautomerise to form enediols, where two hydroxyl groups are attached …
Sterioisomers Compounds having same structural formula but differing in spatial configuration are known as sterioisomers. While writing the molecular formula of monosaccharides, the spatial arrangements of H and OH …
Classification of Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are classified into following classes depending upon whether these undergo hydrolysis and if so on the number of products form: Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, Trisaccharides, Oligosaccharides, Polysaccharides …
Source of Carbohydrates Baked goods commonly contain dietary starch and added sugar. Most dietary carbohydrates come from plants. Sugars and starches are nutritive carbohydrates, meaning they are broken down …
Carbohydrates Introduction A carbohydrate is a large biological molecule, or macromolecule, consisting only of carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O), usually with a hydrogen:oxygen atom ratio of 2:1. …
Percentage Solutions The percentage solution could be expressed in terms of weight percent (% w/w), volume percent (% v/v) and weight-to-volume percent (% w/v) units of solute present in …
