CARBOHYDRATES Flashcards

(33 cards)

1
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monosaccharides and disaccharides

A

simple carbohydrates

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2
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polysaccharides

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complex carbohydrates

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3
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dextrose or blood sugar

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glucose

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4
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fruit sugar

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fructose

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5
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part of lactose

A

galactose

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6
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table sugar

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sucrose

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7
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milk sugar

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lactose

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8
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malt sugar

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maltose

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9
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long chains of glucose found in animals

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glycogen

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10
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long chains of glucose in plants

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starch

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11
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most indigestible CHO; gums, mucilages, lignin

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fiber

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12
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insoluble fibers

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cellulose, ligninss

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13
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soluble fibers

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pectins, gums, mucilages

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14
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moves glucose from the blood into the cells

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insulin

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15
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signals the liver to release glucose into the blood

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glucagon

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16
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released when emergency fuel needed

17
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mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol

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sugar alcohols

18
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sugar substitutes

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artificial sweeteners

19
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monosaccharides contain _________ atoms

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chiral carbon

20
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used to distinguish the different stereoisomers

A

fischer projections

21
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stereoisomers that are not enantiomers

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diasteriomers

22
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one or more OHs are replaced with Hs

23
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one or more OHs are replaced with NH2s

24
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ketone or aldehyde is reduced to an alcohol

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alcohol sugars

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ketone, aldehyde, or primary alcohol is oxidized to a carboxylic acid
carboxylic acid sugar
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sugars that are capable of producing a positive benedict's test are called
reducing sugars
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the hemiacetal or hemiketal carbon that forms in the ring
anomeric carbon
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contain a single type of monosaccharide unit
homopolysaccharide
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contain more than one type of monosaccharide unit
heteropolysaccharides
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structural polymer produced by plants
polysaccharide cellulose
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polymer produced by plants for glucose storage
polysaccharide starch
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found in lubrication fluid that surrounds joints and in the vitreous humor of the eye
hyaluronic acid
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present in connective tissue
chondroitin sulfate