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1
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Carb formula

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Cn(H2O)n

2
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Glucose + Fructose

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Sucrose (table sugar)

3
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aldose

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polyhydroxyl aldehyde

has an aldehyde group

4
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ketose

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poyhydroxyl ketone

ketone

5
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Fructose is a

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ketohexose

6
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non super imposable images

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chiral

7
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carbon molecule is chiral if

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it has at least one C atom bonded to four different atoms

8
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D or L enantiomers (of monosaccharides) are more commonly used by the body?

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D

9
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most common Hexose

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D-glucose (dextrose)

10
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when an isomer opens and then returns back to the cyclic structrue (more stable), potentially altering the location of the –OH group

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mutarotation

11
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glucose + glucose =

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maltose + h2o

12
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glucose + galactose =

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lactose + h2o

13
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glucose + fructose =

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sucrose + h2o

14
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connects monosaccharides

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glycosidic bond

15
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Glycosidic bond is between 1 and 2 carbon so it cannnt form an open chain or be oxidized

(not a reducing sugar)

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sucrose

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amylose

amylopectin

glycogen

cellulose

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D-glucose polysaccharides

17
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starches can hydrolyze in water and acid to produce

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dextrins

18
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contain several hydroxyl groups attached to a chain of three to eight carbon atoms

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Monosaccharides

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the atoms are bonded in the same sequence but differ in the way they are arranged in space

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stereoisomers

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stereoisomers cannot be superimposed, they are called

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enantiomers

21
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places the most oxidized group at the top.
uses vertical lines for bonds that go back.
uses horizontal lines for bonds that go forward

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Fischer projection

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are produced from the reaction of a carbonyl group and a hydroxyl group in the same molecule.

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Haworth structures

23
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Alpha form (cyclic form)

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OH is on the bttom

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Beta form (cyclic form of sugar)

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OH is on the top

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a disaccharide also known as malt sugar.
composed of two D-glucose molecules.
obtained from the hydrolysis of starch.
used in cereals, candies, and brewing.
found in both the α and β forms.
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Maltose

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Maltose

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linked by an α-(1,4)-glycosidic bond

27
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disaccharide of β-D-galactose and α- or β-D-glucose

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Lactose

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β-(1,4)-glycosidic bond

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lactose

29
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has an α,β-(1,2)-glycosidic bond between carbon 1 of glucose and carbon 2 of fructose

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Sucrose

30
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polysaccharide cellulose is composed of glucose units connected by ____ bonds

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β-(1,4)-glycosidic

31
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composed of two kinds of polysaccharides: amylose and amylopectin

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Starch

32
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Amylose bond?

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α-(1,4)-glycosidic bonds in a continuous chain

Polymer chains of amylose are coiled in a helical fashion.

33
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Amylopectin bonds?

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alpha 1,4

and

alpha 1,6

34
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amylopectin bond

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contains glucose molecules connected by α-(1,4)- and α-(1,6)-glycosidic bonds

35
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Starches hydrolyze easily in water and acid to give smaller saccharides, called dextrins, which then _____ to maltose and finally glucose

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hydrolyze

36
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polymer of glucose that is stored in the liver and muscle of animals

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Glycogen

37
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are joined by α-(1,4)-glycosidic bonds, with branches attached by α-(1,6)-glycosidic bonds that occur every 10–15 glucose units

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Glycogen

38
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similar to amylopectin but more highly branched.

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Glycogen

39
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is a polysaccharide of glucose units in unbranched chains with β-(1,4)-glycosidic bonds

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Cellulose

40
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Cellulose cannot be digested by humans because humans cannot break down ___ bonds

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β-(1,4)-glycosidic

41
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are a type of unbranched polysaccharide that consist of repeating disaccharide units

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Glycosaminoglycans