Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates make up the largest volume of our daily food. A balance dietary food should only contain __% of carbohydrates.

• 40%

• 60%

• 50%

• 70%

These are types of Carbohydrates EXCEPT:

• Lactose

• Glucose

• Enzymes

• Maltose

The simplest unit of Carbohydrate.

• Monosaccharide

• Disaccharide

• Oligosaccharide

• Polysaccharide

It is commonly known as the table sugar.

• Fructose

• Maltose

• Glucose

• Sucrose

A homopolysaccharide containing only glucose monosaccharide units. It is the energy-storage polysaccharide in plants.

• Table Sugar

• Starch

• Glycogen

• Malt sugar

It is the second most abundant naturally occurring polysaccharide

• Cellulose

• Chitin

• Glycogen

• Starch

A type of stereoisomers that is from the greek enantios, which means “opposite.”

• Enantiomer

• Diastereomers

• Stereoisomers

• Constitutional Isomer

A projection formula which uses wedges on the horizontal lines and dashes on the vertical lines.

• Howartt Projection Formula

• Wohler Projection Formula

• Fischer Projection Formula

• Hooke Projection Formula

What is the importance of Carbohydrates?