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CARBOHYDRATES (PPT)

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carbohydrate   is a polyhydroxy aldehyde, a polyhydroxy ketone, or a compound that yields polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones upon hydrolysis.  
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carbohydrate glucose   is a polyhydroxy aldehyde  
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carbohydrate fructose   is a polyhydroxy ketone  
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Monosaccharides   classified as aldose or ketose on the basis of the type of carbonyl present  
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Disaccharides   are glycosides formed from the linkage of two monosaccharides It is crystalline and water soluble.  
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Oligosaccharides   are carbohydrates that contain three to ten monosaccharide units  
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Polysaccharides   are polymers in which monosaccharides are the monomers  
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Superimposable mirror images   are images that coincide at all points when the images are laid upon each other  
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Nonsuperimposable mirror images   are images where not all points coincide when the images are laid upon each other.  
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chiral center   is an atom in a molecule that has four different groups bonded to it in a tetrahedral orientation  
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chiral   A molecule that contains a chiral center is said to be  
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chiral molecule   is a molecule whose mirror images are not superimposable  
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Stereoisomerism   connected in the same way but are arranged differently in space.  
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Enantiomers   have structures that are nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other  
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Diastereomers   have structures that are not mirror images of each other  
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Fischer projection formula   is a two-dimensional structural notation for showing the spatial arrangement of groups about chiral centers in molecules.  
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chiral center (Carbon)   In a Fischer projection formula a _________________ is represented as the intersection of vertical and horizontal lines  
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D and L system   used to designate the handedness of glyceraldehyde enantiomers.  
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aldohexose   A six-carbon monosaccharide with an aldehyde functional group is an  
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ketopentose   a five-carbon monosaccharide with a ketone functional group is a  
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D-glucose   is the most abundant in nature and the most important from a human nutritional standpoint.  
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D-Fructose   is biochemically the most important ketohexose. It is also known as levulose and fruit sugar. Tastes sweet, nutritious, and is an important component of human diet. (diabetes) (grape sugar)  
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D-Galactose   Milk sugar Synthesize in human Used to differentiate between blood types Six membered cyclic form  
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D-Ribose   1. Part of RNA 2. Part of ATP 3. Part of DNA 4. Five membered cyclic form  
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Alpha-form   -OH of C1 and CH2OH of C5 are on opposite sides  
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Beta-form   -OH of C1 and CH2OH of C5 are on same sides  
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pyranose   A cyclic monosaccharide containing a six-atom ring is called a  
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furanose   one containing a five-atom ring is called  
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Haworth projection formula   is a two-dimensional structural notation that specifies the three-dimensional structure of a cyclic form of a monosaccharide.  
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Beta configuration   both of these groups point in the same direction  
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Alpha configuration   the two groups point in opposite directions  
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OH groups in the Haworth projection formula.   The specific identity of a monosaccharide is determined by the positioning of the other _____________________________.  
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Five important reactions of monosaccharides   Oxidation to acidic sugars Reduction to sugar alcohols Glycoside formation Phosphate ester formation Amino sugar formation  
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Oxidation   can yield three different types of acidic sugars depending on the type of oxidizing agent used:  
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Oxidation to acidic sugars   The redox chemistry of monosaccharides is closely linked to the alcohol and aldehyde functional groups present in them.  
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Reduction to sugar alcohols   The carbonyl group in a monosaccharide (either an aldose or a ketose) is reduced to a hydroxyl group using hydrogen as the reducing agent.  
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glycoside   general name for monosaccharide acetals is  
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glycoside   is an acetal formed from a cyclic monosaccharide by replacement of the hemiacetal carbon -OH group with an -OR group  
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D-galactose and its derivatives.   The monosaccharides responsible for blood groups are  
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Phosphate ester formation   The hydroxyl groups of a monosaccharide can react with inorganic oxyacids to form inorganic esters.  
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Phosphate esters of various monosaccharides are   stable in aqueous solution and play important roles in the metabolism of carbohydrates.  
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Amino sugar formation   one of the hydroxyl groups of a monosaccharide is replaced with an amino group  
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important building blocks of polysaccharides   Amino sugars and their N-acetyl derivatives are  
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disaccharide   Two monosaccharides can react to form  
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glycosidic linkage   The bond that links the two monosaccharides of a disaccharide (glycoside) together is called  
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Cellobiose   is produced as an intermediate in the hydrolysis of the polysaccharide cellulose  
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Cellobiose contains   two b - D-glucose monosaccharide units linked through a b (1—4) glycosidic linkage  
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Maltose   is produced whenever the polysaccharide starch breaks down, as happens in plants when seeds germinate and in human beings during starch digestion.  
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maltose is made up of   two D-glucose units, one of which must be a-D-glucose.  
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Lactose is made up of   b-D-galactose unit and a b-D-glucose unit joined by a b(1-4) glycosidic linkage.  
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Lactose   is the major sugar found in milk  
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Lactose intolerance   condition in which people lack the enzyme lactase needed to hydrolyze lactose to galactose and glucose.  
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Lactase   hydrolyzes b(1-4) glycosidic linkages.  
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Deficiency of lactase   can be caused by a genetic defect, physiological decline with age, or by injuries to intestinal mucosa.  
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Sucrose   table sugar nonreducing sugar.ets.  
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table sugar   The most abundant of all disaccharides and found in plants. It is produced commercially from the juice of sugar cane and sugar beets  
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polysaccharide   is a polymer that contains many monosaccharide units bonded to each other by glycosidic linkages.  
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homopolysaccharide   is a polysaccharide in which only one type of monosaccharide monomer is present.  
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heteropolysaccharide   is a polysaccharide in which more than one (usually two) type of monosaccharide monomer is present.  
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Starch   is a homopolysaccharide containing only glucose monosaccharide units - It is the energy-storage polysaccharide in plants  
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Amylopectin   the other polysaccharide in starch, has a high degree of branching in its polyglucose structure  
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Glycogen   like starch, is a polysaccharide containing only glucose units. -Liver cells and muscle cells are the storage sites for humans - ideal storage form for glucose  
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Cellulose   Humans and animals don’t have enzymes that hydrolyze so humans can not digest because they have bacteria in their guts to hydrolyze ______________________. - It serves as dietary fiber in food readily absorbs water and results in softer stools.  
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Chitin   Similar to cellulose in both function and structure it has a N-acetyl amino derivative of glucose to give rigidity to the exoskeleton s of crabs, lobsters, shrimp, insects, and other arthropods.  
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Acidic polysaccharides   polysaccharides with a repeating disaccharide unit containing an amino sugar and a sugar with a negative charge due to a sulfate or a carboxyl group Hyaluronic acid Heparin  
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Hyaluronic acid   Alternating residues of N-acetyl-b-D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid. Highly viscous - serve as lubricants in the fluid of joints and part vitreous humor of the eye  
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Heparin   An anticoagulant-prevents blood clots.  
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glycolipid   is a lipid molecule that has one or more carbohydrate (or carbohydrate derivative) units covalently bonded to it.  
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glycoprotein   is a protein molecule that has one or more carbohydrate (or carbohydrate derivative) units covalently bonded to it.  
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ALDONIC ACID   is a molecule similar to an aldose, except that aldehyde has been oxidized to a carboxylic acid.  
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ALDARIC ACID   is a carbohydrate im which both terminal group, either alcohol or aldehyde have been oxidized to carboxylic acid.  
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ALDURONIC ACID   is a carbohydrate containing both carboxylix and an aldehyde or ketone. Obtained by the oxidation.C  
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ALDITOL   a alcohol group both on top and bottom  
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BLOOD TYPE O   Universal Donor  
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BLOOD TYPE AB   Universal Recipient  
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HERMAN EMIL FISCHER   German chemist One of the early greats in organic chemistry, Made fundamental discoveries about carbohydrates, proteins, and other natural products. awarded the 2nd Nobel Prize in Chemistry  
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The fifth and sixth carbon species is the   most common  
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Achiral   molecule whose is mirror are superimposable. - Do not possess handedness.  
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ALDOSES   Is a monosaccharide that an aldehyde functional group.  polyhydro-oxyaldehyde  
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KETOSE   Is a monosaccharide that contains a ketone functional group. Poluhydroxyketones  
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L-glucose   is tasteless and the body cannot use it.  
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DEXTROSE   Optically active d-glucose in aquarius solution. Rotaes plan polarized light to the right.  Used in hospitals. 5% glucose solution  
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BLOOD SUGAR   Blood contains glucose 70 to 100 milligrams per dl  
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WALTER NORMAN HOWARD   british chemist  
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