Monosaccharide

Purpose The main purpose of this experiment to learn about the organic molecule of the substances that we use daily with the common foods. The organic molecule that we use for this lab are monosaccharides of sugar, protein, starch, lipids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates. Introduction Carbohydrates are the organic compounds that are organized as the ring structures and always compose the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms that represent by the structure of H2O. The carbohydrates are…

The structure and function of carbohydrates (25 Marks) Carbohydrates are made from Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H) and Oxygen (O). A monosaccharide is the monomer sub unit of carbohydrates and can be joined together through a condensation reaction to form a glycosidic bond between the two monomers which is known as a disaccharide. The above diagram shows a condensation reaction taking place. There is a reaction between two monomer sub units, in this case α-glucose and ethanol, which involves the…

Natural sugars are in foods such as fruit, grains and vegetables. These natural sugars not only provide energy, but they protect the body against diseases. In lecture, we discussed and observed pictures of fructose, being a hexose monosaccharide. On the other hand, refined sugars are normally processed food 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…

to conclude that stomach content one belongs to Margaret Little, who ate a bag of Skittles and ice tea with honey, because it contained only monosaccharides. Content two belongs to Lucy Wunderchomper, who ate a Big Mac Value Meal supersized with an extra order of supersized fries and a shake, because it contained protein, starch, lipids, and monosaccharides. Stomach content three belongs to Davis O'Leary, who consumed a very lean steak and a glass of water, because I only contained protein.…

minerals. Simple carbohydrates are organized in to two categories, disaccharieds and monosaccharides. Glucose, fructose, and galactose are the energy source of cells in our body and are the base form carbohydrates called monosaccharides. but when two monosaccharides are treated together it is called disaccharides. Examples of simple carbs are table sugar, honey, molasses, syrup, and yogurt. Many monosaccharides bonded together are called polysaccharides, these is how complex carbs are formed.…

Though many people believe carbohydrates are bad for the body and strive to live on low-carb diets, carbohydrates are essential for the body to live. 45 percent of our daily calories are meant to come from carbs. Monosaccharides Glucose, galactose and fructose are all monosaccharides, the building blocks…

Carbohydrate digestion involves the conversion of polysaccharides and disaccharides into their relevant components of monosaccharides. Digestion begins in the mouth, where chewing and biting breaks down carbohydrates physically and chemically. The enzyme salivary amylase combines with food. When the food enters the stomach hydrochloric acid present causes hydrolysis of sucrose to glucose and fructose. The food passes to the duodenum where pancreatic amylase is secreted and has optimum PH, so…

Acids, Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Lipids. Carbohydrates are polymers made from monosaccharides, which are simple sugars like 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…

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. Focal sugars can be found by using Benedict's test. Proteins are…

sometimes given 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…