The reference compound for naming D and L isomers of sugars is:
a. fructose
b. glucose
c. ribose
d. sucrose
e. glyceraldehyde - Answers e. glyceraldehyde
Which of the following monosaccharides is NOT an aldose?
a. erythose
b. glyceraldehyde
c. glucose
d. fructose
e. ribose - Answers d. fructose
Know how to identify epimers - Answers See test, E & F
Which of the following is an anomeric pair?
a. D-glucose and D-fructose
b. α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose
c. D-glucose and L-fructose
d. d-glucose and L-glucose
e. α-D-glucose and β-L-glucose - Answers b. α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose
What term describes stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other?
a. anomers
b. epimers
c. diastereomers
d. enantiomers
, e. meso compound - Answers d. enantiomers
The ring structure shows β-D-gulopyranose.
What is the fisher projection? - Answers See test. Structure C.
Which of the following sugars is not a reducing sugar?
a. glucose
b. ribose
c. starch
d. galactose
e. sucrose - Answers e. sucrose
Which of the following is a disaccaride?
a. amylose
b. glycogen
c. cellulose
d. chitin
e. none of the above - Answers e. none of the above
Which of the following polysaccharides cannot be digested by mammalian salivary, gastric, or
pancreatic enzymes?
a. amylopectin
b. amylose
c. chitin
d. glycogen
e. starch - Answers c. chitin
Which of these polysaccharides is a branched polymer?
a. amylopectin
b. chitin
c. amylose