Carbohidrates Flashcards
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What can Carbohydrates also be called?
Açúcares, Glicídeos e Hidrato de carbono
What are the two most important monosaccharides?
Pentoses e Hexoses
Pentoses: what do Ribose and Desoxirribose contribute to?
Ribose: RNA
Desoxirribose: DNA
Hexoses: what are the most important Hexoses?
Glicose, frutose e galactose
How can Carbohydrates be divided? What are the names?
Monossacarídeo, dissacarídeo e polissacarídeo
Define monosaccharides. What are they made up of?
They are Carbohydrates made out of one molecule. Specifically made up of (CH2O)n.
What are dissacarídeos?
When two monosaccharides are connected/link
What is the name of the connection between monosaccharides?
Ligação glicosídica
Define Polissacarídios?
Carbohydrates made up of multiple units of monosaccharides
What polissacarídeos Could have the function of energy reservation?
Amido e o glicogênio
Amido Is produced by what living beings?
Algas e plantas
Glicogênio Is produced by what living beings?
Cells of animals and fungi
What polissacarídios can have Structural function?
Celulose, ácido hialurônico e quitina
What structural cell does Celulose form?
Cell walls
What structure does Quitina form in what living beings?
They form the external part of insects, spiders, and other artrópodes
What are glicoproteínas?
Molecules that come together for proteins
What are glicolipídios? And where are they found?
The association of carbohydrates and lipids.
Which are found in membrane cells.
