Carbohydrates
- Created by: Kelly Davies
- Created on: 07-03-13 18:38
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Carbohydrate are made from monomers called monosaccharides. These are organic compounds made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and have a general formula of (CH2O)n. N is a number between 3 and 9 and the catagories are named after how many carbons are in the compound:
C = 3 = triose
C = 4 = tetrose
C = 5 = pentose
C = 6 = hexose
Glucose has a ring shape and comes in two forms. Known as Alpha and Beta:
Monosaccharides can bond…
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