Carbohydrates

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Carbohydrates
biomolecules consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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Monomer
a small molecule that is a single unit of larger molecule called a polymer
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Polymer
a long-chain molecule made up of many smaller, repeating monomer units joined together by chemical bonds
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Isomers
molecules that have the same chemical formula, but different molecular structures
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Monosaccharide
a single sugar monomer
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Disaccharide
a sugar made up of 2 monosaccharide units joined by a glycosidic bond, formed in a condensation reaction
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Polysaccharide
a polymer consisting of long chains of monosaccharide units joined by glycosidic bonds
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Oligosaccharides
molecules with between 3 and 10 monosaccharide units
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Glycosidic bond
a covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides in a condensation reaction
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Condensation reaction
a reaction in which a molecule of water is removed from the reacting molecules as a bond is formed between them
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Hydrolysis reaction
a reaction in which bonds are broken by the addition of a molecule of water.
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Reducing sugars
sugars that react with blue Benedict's solution and reduce the copper(ii) ions to copper(i) ions.
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Non-reducing sugars
sugars that do not react with Benedict's solution
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ATP
adesonine triphosphate, the molecule that acts as a universal energy supply molecule in all cells
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Examples of monosaccharides
glucose, fructose, galactose
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Examples of disaccharides
lactose, maltose, sucrose
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Examples of polysaccharides
starch, glycogen
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a small molecule that is a single unit of larger molecule called a polymer

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molecules that have the same chemical formula, but different molecular structures

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