biochem quiz

is a group of organic compounds occurring in living tissues and foods in the form of starch, cellulose, and sugars.

• carbohydrates

• Polyhydroxyl

• BIOINORGANIC

• Functional Group

• contains two monosaccharide units covalently bonded to each other

the reflection of an object in a mirror

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  Non Superimposable Mirror Image

•  SUPERIMPOSABLE MIRROR IMAGES

  
  

• MIRROR IMAGE

  
  

• A chiral  molecule 

  
  

Are compounds with the same chemical formula but different structural formulas

In the Fischer projection when the OH group appears to the night of the CHO group, when drawn at the top, the molecule is designated D. If the OH group appears to the left it is designated L

• D- and L- enantiomer

• D-Galactose

• • Optical Isomers

• D- and L- enantiomers

• Malt sugar that is produced whenever a polysaccharide starch breaks down

• Contain three to ten monosaccharide units bonded to each other by a glycosidic linkages

• 1. Hyaluronic Acid

• Oligosaccharides

• Polysaccharides

• Sucrose

• is the simplest acidic polysaccharide present in connective tissue

•  substances that contain carbon

• BIOORGANIC

• Homopolysaccharides

• Glycogen

• Chitin

• A polymer that contains many monosaccharide units bonded by a glycosidic linkages