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What does carbohydrate consist of? |
Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H), Oxygen (O) |
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What are monosaccharides |
Monosaccharides are sweet tasting, soluble substances |
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What are monosaccharides made up of? |
Monomers |
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What's the general formula of a monosaccharide? |
(CH²O)n (where n can be anything from 3-7) |
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List all the monosaccharides using the formula? |
C3H6O3 - Triose C4H8O4 - Tetrose (not common) C5H10O5 - Pentose ( deoxyribose: C6H12O5) C6H12O6 - Hexose (Glucose) C7H14O7 - Heptose ( not common) |
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Examples of monosaccharides? |
Glucose, Glactose, Fructose |
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What are all monsaccharides |
Reducing sugars |
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What is a reducing sugar? |
Reduction is a chemia reducing sugar is a sugar that can donate electrons to (or reduce) another chemical. |
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Whats the test for reducing sugars called? |
Benedict's Reagent |
