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Biochemistry

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What do carbohydrates consist of?   Carbon hydrogen and oxygen. With a hydrogen oxygen ratio of two: one (like water)  
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What is the empirical formula for carbohydrates   Cm(H2O)n  
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As an organic compound carbohydrates are considered what?   Hydrates of carbon  
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Structurally carbohydrates should be viewed as?   Polyhydroxy aldehydes and ketones  
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What is a synonym for carbohydrate?   Saccharide  
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What are the four types of carbohydrates\saccharides   1) monosaccharide 2) disaccharide 3) oligosaccharide 4) polysaccharide  
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Sugar is a common term used to identify?   Monosaccharides and disaccharides  
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Formal name of blood sugar is?   Monosaccharide glucose  
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Formal name of table sugar is?   Disaccharide sucrose  
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Formal name of milk sugar is?   Disaccharide lactose  
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Lactose is a disaccharide found in milk. It consists of what molecules?   D – glucose and D – galactose bonded by a 1–4 glycostatic linkage it has a formula of C12 H22 O11  
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What is polysaccharides role in living things   Polysaccharide Serv for the storage of energy (i.e. starch & glycogen) and as structural components (i.e. cellulose in plants and chit in anthropods)  
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What is an important component of coenzymes (ATP, FAD, & NAD) and the backbone of the genetic molecule known as RNA?   Five carbon monosaccharide ribose  
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What does the D in DNA stand for?   Deoxyribose  
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Saccharides and their derivatives include many other important biomolecules that play key roles in?   The immune system, fertilization, preventing pathogenesis, blood clotting, and development.  
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In food science and in many informal contacts the term carbohydrates often mean?   Food that is particularly Rich in the complex carbohydrate starch ( serials bread pasta)or simple carbohydrates such as sugar (candy jams desserts)  
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Natural saccharides are generally built of simple carbohydrates called?   Monosaccharides with the general formula (C H2 0)n. where n is three or more  
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Sugar is stored as?   Glycogen  
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Glycogen is stored in?   The liver and turns to fat  
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