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Carbohydrate |
Any organic compound that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and that provides nutrients to the cells of living things. |
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Macromolecule |
A molecule containing a very large number of atoms, such as protein, nucleic acid, or synthetic polymer. |
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Simple Sugar |
Simple sugars are carbohydrates that are quickly absorbed by the body to produce energy. |
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Starch |
an odorless tastless white substance occuring widely in plant tissue and obtained cheifly from cereals and potatoes. |
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Lipid |
any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. They include many natural oils, waxes, and steroids |
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Unsaturated fat |
Unsaturated fats are fats or fatty acids that are liquid a room temperature. |
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Amino acid |
a simple organic compound containing both a carboxyl |
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Glucose |
a simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates. |
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Fructose |
a hexose sugar found especially in honey and fruit. |
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Sucrose |
a compound that is the chief component of cane or beet sugar. |
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Saturated Fat |
A fat that contains only saturated fatty acids, is solid at room temperature, and comes chiefly from animal food products. |
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Protein |
any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids and are an essential part of all living organisms, especially as structural components of body tissues such as muscle, hair, collagen, etc., and as enzymes and antibodies. |
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Nucleic acids |
a complex organic substance present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain. |
