Biochemistry

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organic compound

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any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon.

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inorganic compound

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a compound that is considered not "organic".

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carbohydrate

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any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose.

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lipid

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any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents

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nucleic acid

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a complex organic substance present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain

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protein

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any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules

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monosaccharide

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any of the class of sugars

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fatty acid