Introduction and Purpose:
Carbohydrates are one of the main types of nutrients, and the main energy source of the human diet. It can be found in a wide range of both healthy and unhealthy foods such as bread, bean, cake, popcorn, cookies, and soft drink (Harvard.edu). The consumption of bad carbohydrate that increases your blood sugar should be limit. If the blood glucose stays high for too long, it can develop type two diabetes (womenheath.gov). In addition, carbohydrates are the most important source of metabolic energy for human body, plants, and in animals that eat plants (Bruice 2011). The human body uses energy produced by carbohydrate for your cells, tissues and organs. The extra carbohydrates also stored in liver and muscles for when it is needed. Carbohydrates come in a variety of forms. The most common and abundant forms are fibers, sugars, and starches (nlm.nil.gov). Glucose is a common known of sugar and it is one of the standards that were used in this lab. Glucose is a 6 carbon atoms, it is classified as an aldohexose (a hexose with an aldehyde group on one end). There are also other common standard that were used in this lab is fructose. Similar to Glucose, Fructose has 6 carbon atoms, however, it is a ketohexose (a hexose with ketone group on one end) (Bruice 2011). …show more content…
They are monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides. Monosaccharides are the simplest units of carbohydrates and a simple carbohydrate. They are the building block of more complex of carbohydrates such as disaccharides and polysaccharides. According to orthomolecular.org, monosaccharides are colorless; they can dissolve in water and have crystal like appearance (orthmolecular.org). Disaccharides are made up of two monosaccharide units linked through glycosidic bond. Polysaccharides are composed of long chains monosaccharides units linked by glycosidic
Carbohydrates are one of the main types of nutrients, and the main energy source of the human diet. It can be found in a wide range of both healthy and unhealthy foods such as bread, bean, cake, popcorn, cookies, and soft drink (Harvard.edu). The consumption of bad carbohydrate that increases your blood sugar should be limit. If the blood glucose stays high for too long, it can develop type two diabetes (womenheath.gov). In addition, carbohydrates are the most important source of metabolic energy for human body, plants, and in animals that eat plants (Bruice 2011). The human body uses energy produced by carbohydrate for your cells, tissues and organs. The extra carbohydrates also stored in liver and muscles for when it is needed. Carbohydrates come in a variety of forms. The most common and abundant forms are fibers, sugars, and starches (nlm.nil.gov). Glucose is a common known of sugar and it is one of the standards that were used in this lab. Glucose is a 6 carbon atoms, it is classified as an aldohexose (a hexose with an aldehyde group on one end). There are also other common standard that were used in this lab is fructose. Similar to Glucose, Fructose has 6 carbon atoms, however, it is a ketohexose (a hexose with ketone group on one end) (Bruice 2011). …show more content…
They are monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides. Monosaccharides are the simplest units of carbohydrates and a simple carbohydrate. They are the building block of more complex of carbohydrates such as disaccharides and polysaccharides. According to orthomolecular.org, monosaccharides are colorless; they can dissolve in water and have crystal like appearance (orthmolecular.org). Disaccharides are made up of two monosaccharide units linked through glycosidic bond. Polysaccharides are composed of long chains monosaccharides units linked by glycosidic