Monosaccharide

Summary: All biological molecules contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. A carbohydrate (C,H,O) is a biological molecule consisting of hydrogen , carbon, and oxygen atoms exclusively. They are the building blocks for polysaccharides, larger more complex carbohydrates. An example of a carbohydrate is glucose (the energy source for plants). Carbohydrates are the source of short term energy in organisms. Proteins (C,H,O,N) are made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen on a base level. Proteins…

A candy cane is a hard candy. The signature flavor is peppermint and they are painted with stripes. The candy cane is long, thin, and curved at the top to resemble a walking cane similar elderly people use. These candies are made using a mass production process, which involves mixing and cooking the candy batch, forming the cane shapes, and putting it in the appropriate packaging. Candy canes have been a favorite holiday candy for hundreds of years. First step in making candy cane is that…

A monosaccharide is a one-ringed sugar (part of the carbohydrate category) that is not bonded to any other molecules. A monosaccharide is a monomer of a disaccharide. A disaccharide is two monosaccharides bonded together. The prefixes “mono-“ and “di-“ indicate the amount of rings in the sugar. In this experiment, disaccharides were tested using an enzyme as part of a chemical reaction. A chemical reaction changes substances into different substances by breaking and forming chemical bonds. In a…

3.1. Chemical composition and monosaccharide analysis Polysaccharide molecules are linked together by water molecules through hydrogen bonds in an aqueous solution. Adding ethanol into aqueous solution of polysaccharide initially dehydrate polysaccharides, enhance intra-molecular hydrogen bonding, cause conformational change and aggregation of polysaccharide molecules, and eventually leads to the precipitation of macromolecular chains, and the following addition of alcohol solvent gradually…

sustaining energy is sugar. Dietary sugars exist at four chemical compositions: monosaccharides, disaccharides,…

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…

carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Monosaccharides are simple sugars with multiple OH groups. Based on number of carbons 3, 4, 5, 6, a monosaccharide is a triose, tetrose, pentose or hexose respectively. Disaccharides are condensation products of two monosaccharide units; examples are maltose and sucrose. A disaccharide is 2 monosaccharides covalently linked molecule. Polysaccharides are polymers consisting of chains of monosaccharide or disaccharide units. Monosaccharides such as glucose and…

conducted in order to discover the type of carbohydrate that made up the known and unknown solutions presented in the lab. After heating the monosaccharide solution containing the Benedict’s test, the change of color from blue to orange proved that monosaccharides showed a positive reaction to the test. When an Iodine test was conducted on the monosaccharide solution, the carbohydrate resulted in no color change from its original yellow/brown color, showing a negative reaction. In both the…

Monosaccharides are the unmistakable sugars. Two monosaccharides make a disaccharide. Three or more monosaccharides are a polysaccharide. Glucose, fructose, and galactose are monosaccharides. Sucrose, lactose, and maltose are disaccharides. Starch and glycogen are polysaccharides. Central sugars can be found by utilizing Benedict's test. Proteins…

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 dietary carbohydrates, consumed to monosaccharides. Xylitol is a natural carbohydrate with a five carbon sugar alcohol that is found in plant parts and metabolism in…