BIOC 3021: Carbohydrates Exam Study Guide.

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BIOC 3021: Carbohydrates Exam Study
Guide.

Monosaccharides - answer✔(CH2O)n (n=3 or more)
examples: glucose, fructose, galactose, ribose and deoxyribose

Oligosaccharides - answer✔consist of two to ten monosaccharides
examples: sucrose, lactose and maltose

Polysaccharides - answer✔-Polymers of monosaccharides that contain hundreds or thousands
of monosaccharide units
-May be linear or branched polymers
examples: starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin

a-d-glucopyranose - answer✔Ex. monosaccharides

b-d-glucopyranose - answer✔Ex. monosaccharides

a-d-fructofuranose - answer✔ex. monosaccaride

b-d-fructofuranose - answer✔ex. monosaccaride

2-deoxy-a-d-Ribose - answer✔ex. monosaccharides

B-d-glucosamine - answer✔found in many oligo- and polysaccharides including chitin

Disaccharides - answer✔consist of two monosaccharide units linked by a glycosidic bond

Sucrose - answer✔table sugar; composed of glucose + fructose

Lactose - answer✔milk sugar; composed of galactose + glucose

Maltose - answer✔mat sugar; composed of two glucose units

Cellobiose - answer✔obtained by chemical breakdown of cellulose


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