BSCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lactose Intolerance, Hexose, Lactase
8 Sep 2016
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We know that there are going ot be chains of carbons as framework for compounds: hydrogen bonds will also occur in order to form macromolecules. Carbohydrates: hydrated carbons, ch2o- represent the number of carbon atoms to make a chain, monosaccarcides and disaccharides are soluable in water because they are involved in chemical reactions, carbohydrates are either. Monosaccharide"s- monomers or bulding blocks of carbohydrates. there are two types we are interested in based on the number of carbon atoms present in the chain. Hexose= (ch2o)6= c6h12o6- glucose, fructose, galactose (fructose and galactose are isomers of glucose and are converted into glucose: glucose- is most preferred fuel in human body. Glucose catabolism yields energy to support cellular functions- for glycolysis- part of energy production. Disaccharides- combination of glucose and other hexose sugars (composed of 2 hexose sugars) Function of disaccharides is to ingested to provide monosaccharaides after chemical digestion. Maltose is 2 glucose (glucose + glucose: grain sugar in the diet.
