biomed module 3

Carbohydrates
- Five or six carbons
- Always carbon +water: CxH2xOx
- Example C6H12O6
- Form ring structures by linking carbons 1 and 5 through an O
- - Rearrangement of-OH and-H groups, bonds form between C and O.
Carbohydrates form rings
Pentoses(5 sides)
- Ribose
- Deoxyribose
Hexoses(6 Sides)
- Glucose
- Fructose
- Galactose
- * all isomers but they are all arranged differently in each sugar.
- C6H12O6

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biomed module 3

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Carbohydrates

Updated

2012-09-26T05:04:57Z

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