LIFESCI 2N03 Lecture 4: Nutrition Midterm 2

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Grain products, sugars, fruits, vegetables are all sources of carbohydrates. The three types of sugars are o o o. Monosaccharides and disaccharides are oten referred to as simple carbohydrates, while polysaccharides are oten referred to as complex carbohydrates. Monosaccharides contain the same atoms and number of those atoms but difer in the arrangement of atoms and the sweetness of each sugar o o o. Glucose- is a blood regulaing sugar- circulates in the blood and body detects to make changes. Disaccharides are created from condensaion reacions because they release water and are broken by hydrolysis reacions. Pyranose- in a ring the oxygen is between the c1 and the c5. Furanose- in a ring the oxygen is between the c2 and c5. Epimer- isomers that difer in only one locaion. Not a dietary form of carbohydrate because degrades quickly ater death eg meat. Amylopecin which is extremely branched and amylose which is not branched.

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