Disaccharide

Monosaccharides are the simplest form of a carbohydrate, and serve as a monomer for disaccharide (2 or more monossacharides) and polysaccharide (3 or more monossacharides). Examples of a monosaccharide is glucose, fructose, and galactose. Meanwhile, disaccharides are joined by a glycosidic linkage formed by a dehydration reaction. Examples of disaccharides are sucrose, lactose, and maltose. Lastly, a polysaccharide is a polymer of 3 or more sugars formed by a deydration…

the food we eat into nutrients so that our bodies can absorb them. There are different digestive enzymes that digest certain macromolecules such as amylase which digest carbohydrates, lipase which digest fats, protease which digest proteins, and disaccharides which digest sugars. For the experiment pancreatin, which is a combination of digestive enzymes is used. It is produced in the pancreas, activated in a basic environment and it is…

Macromolecules are of great interest to the study of anatomy and physiology due to the fact that they carry out most functions of a cell providing it with life. They provides structural support, a source of stored fuel, the ability to store and retrieve genetic information, and ability to speed biochemical reactions (Prakash, 2008). There are four main types of macromolecules including proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acid and lipids. This essay is specifically on the study of carboyhdrates as…

glucose and fructose, these are used as a good source of energy. Monosaccharides, the monomer of carbohydrates, are just one sugar unit, they are the simplest form of carbohydrates, but they make up another type of carbohydrates which are disaccharides. Disaccharides are made from two monosaccharides that are joined together by dehydration synthesis, basically two different sugars combine to form a new sugar. Then there are polysaccharides…

macronutrients into their simpler components. Carbohydrates are broken down via the enzyme salivary amylase. More specifically, amylase breaks down starch (a polysaccharide) which is made up of amylose and amylopectin into smaller starch units known as disaccharides and monosaccharides. Very…

to lipids as water insoluble organic compound usually located in biological organisms or systems. A variety of test for different substances would be done in this experiment. The Molisch test is not carbohydrate specific but all monosaccharides disaccharides and polysaccharides barring exceptions should give a positive test for it (Harpercollege.edu 2015) . These give a positive test because hydrochloric acid dehydrates the carbohydrate to give an aldehyde . This aldehyde then condenses with…

Glucose and fructose have a six carbon ring structure which is found in fruit, honey and food production, this is important for energy. Glucose and fructose can be converted into fat if it was to be highly consumed. Whereas, sucrose and lactose are disaccharides, which are two monosaccharides linked together. The major source for sucrose is table sugar and plants. Plants use sucrose to transport glucose while, lactose is found in primary sugar which is in milk and milk products. These are…

atom that forms in one of its two possible chemical groups known as ketone or aldehyde. Disaccharides are two monosaccharides joined together by a glycosidic bond. The Benedicts reagent reacts with the double bonded oxygen atom in monosaccharides by reducing the copper sulfate found in the reagent. Therefore, Benedicts reagent is used in this experiment to detect the presence of monosaccharides and disaccharides. Polysaccharides are chains of linked glucose molecules. The two types of dietary…

products such as sugar cane (Cancercenter). It is typically found as the disaccharide sucrose, which is a combination of glucose and fructose. These extracted sugars are added to foods such as cookies, cake and soda. Cookies, cake and soda are examples of foods that contain extra sugar that eventually ends up being stored as fat. In lab, we built polysaccharides. These polysaccharides contain multiple sugars opposed to a disaccharide, which is only composed of two monosaccharides. In a low…

functions like hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood. These biomolecules are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nuclei acids. Carbohydrates are composed of smaller molecules that are known as monosaccharides such as glucose (blood sugar) and disaccharide sucrose (table sugar). These biomolecules contain the elements C, H, and O. The primary function of carbohydrates is as the energy source. Lipids or fats and oils are composed of fatty acids and glycerol. Fats are formed when at least…