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11 Cards in this Set
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What are the 3 types of carbohydrates?
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1. Monosaccharide
2. Disaccharides & Polysaccharides 3. Glycoproteins |
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What are the functions of carbohydrates?
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Energy, structure, cell-cell recognition and immune response
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What are the two forms of carbohydrates?
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aldose and ketose
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What are the types of monosaccharides?
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trioses, tetroses, pentose, hexose and heptose
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What is the structure of a monosaccharide?
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CHO
HCOH CH2OH |
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What is an enantiomer?
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A conformation that is a nonsuperimposable mirror image.
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What is a diasteromer?
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A conformation that is a nonsuperimposable nonmirror image.
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What is an epimer?
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Stereoisomer which differs about only one chiral carbon.
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Glycosidic bond
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Addition of alcohol (including another monsaccharide) to the anomeric C's OH with the release of water.
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Reducing
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Only one anomeric C involved in bond
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Nonreducing
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Both anomeric C's involved in bond
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