NTD 303 Chapter Study Notes: Carbohydrate
9 Jan 2019
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Ntd 303 study guide - chapter 4 carbohydrate: name the 3 monosaccharides and describe each one: Glucose: the most abundant monosaccharide in foods and in the body. It is still classified as a hexose because it contains 6 carbons. Is found abundantly in fruits and is also known as fruit sugar. Name the three disaccharides and the two monosaccharides they contain: sucrose: disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose. (also known as table sugar). Lactose: disaccharide composed of glucose and galactose. (also known as milk sugar) Maltose: disaccharide composed of two glucose units linked together. (also known as malt sugar: polysaccharides contain many glucose molecules linked together in either straight or branched chains. Describe each of the following polysaccharides: glycogen: storage form of glucose in animals, including humans, starches (amylose, amylopectin) how do these two starches differ: starch: storage from of glucose in plants. Amylose: straight chain of polysaccharides found in starch.
