KNH 102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Thiamine, Osmosis, Veganism
7 Dec 2016
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Chemical components: carbohydrates are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. There are 6 carbon hexes: 6 carbons, 12 hydrogen, 6 oxygen. Fructose: sweetest sugar, found in fruits and honey. Glucose: mild sweet flavor, known as blood sugar, found in every disaccharide and polysaccharide. Galactose: hardly sweet, rarely found naturally as a single sugar, main sugar in breast milk. Pairs of monosaccharides: glucose always present, taken apart by hydrolysis, put together by condensation. Hydrolysis: breaking a disaccharide, water molecule splits, occurs during digestions. Condensation: making a disaccharide, chemical reaction linking 2 monosaccharides. Maltose: glucose and glucose, produced by partial hydrolysis of starch: found in beer and malt liquors. Sucrose: glucose and fructose, found in sugar beet, sugar cane, fruits. Soluble fibers are viscous and can be digested by intestinal bacteria (fermentability)- found in fruits and veggies. Can lowers cvd, type 2 diabetes, blood-glucose.
