A report on Carbohydrate
Biomolecule consisting of carbon , hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula Cm(H2O)n (where m may or may not be different from n).
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Glucose
24 linksSimple sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6.
Simple sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6.
Glucose is the most abundant monosaccharide, a subcategory of carbohydrates.
Metabolism
16 linksSet of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.
Set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.
The three main purposes of metabolism are: the conversion of the energy in food to energy available to run cellular processes; the conversion of food to building blocks for proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and some carbohydrates; and the elimination of metabolic wastes.
Sucrose
12 linksSugar composed of glucose and fructose subunits.
Sugar composed of glucose and fructose subunits.
Like other carbohydrates, it combusts to carbon dioxide and water.
Sugar
10 linksSugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
Starch
9 linksStarch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds.
Biochemistry
8 linksStudy of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms.
Study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms.
Much of biochemistry deals with the structures, bonding, functions, and interactions of biological macromolecules, such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids.
Polysaccharide
9 linksPolysaccharides, or polycarbohydrates, are the most abundant carbohydrates found in food.
Monosaccharide
9 linksMonosaccharides (from Greek monos: single, sacchar: sugar), also called simple sugars, are the simplest forms of sugar and the most basic units (monomers) from which all carbohydrates are built.
Disaccharide
8 linksSugar formed when two monosaccharides are joined by glycosidic linkage.
Sugar formed when two monosaccharides are joined by glycosidic linkage.
Disaccharides are one of the four chemical groupings of carbohydrates (monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides).
Hydrolysis
9 linksAny chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds.
Any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds.
When a carbohydrate is broken into its component sugar molecules by hydrolysis (e.g., sucrose being broken down into glucose and fructose), this is recognized as saccharification.