Monosaccharides
Monosaccharides may be divided into aldoses, which have an aldehyde group on the first carbon atom, and ketoses, which typically have a ketone group on the second.
Monosaccharides
Three common sugars share the same molecular formula: C6H12O6. Because of their six carbon atoms, each is a hexose.
They are: ...
Monosaccharides
Main article: Monosaccharide
D-glucose is an aldohexose with the formula (CÂ-H2O)6.
monosaccharides Simple carbohydrates, usually with a five- or six-carbon skeleton; e.g., glucose and fructose. A carbohydrate composed of a single sugar unit, such as glucose, ribose, deoxyribose, etc. PICTURE ...
Monosaccharides
Monosaccharides are simple sugars, having 3 to 7 carbon atoms. They can be bonded together to form polysaccharides.
The names of most sugars end with the letters ose.
Monosaccharides Single aldehydes or ketones that have two or more hydroxyl groups; the simplest carbohydrates.
Mosaic protein A protein encoded by a gene assembled by exon shuffling; the exons encode the structural units of the protein.
Monosaccharides are classified by the number of carbon atoms they contain: ...
monosaccharides - the simplest of all sugars; compounds with the general formula (CH2O)n, where n is an integer from 3 through 7. i.e. glucose (C6H12O6), n=6. The addition of more than one monosaccharide via a covalent bond results in ...
Monosaccharides are carbohydrates that cannot be hydrolyzed to obtain smaller molecules of saccharide. (Click here to see the structural formulas of Glucose and other Monosaccharides) ...
We classify monosaccharides by the number of carbon atoms and the types of functional groups present in the sugar.
Carbohydrates or polysaccharides are made up of linear and branched sequences of monosaccharides sometimes called sugars. They are usually quite monotonous repeats of the same sugar (monosaccharide) over and over.
a sugar composed of two monosaccharides; usually refers to 12-carbon sugars
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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(dy-sak-ur-ide) [Gk. di, two + sakcharon, sugar]
A double sugar, consisting of two monosaccharides joined by dehydration synthesis.
diurnal
[L. diurnus, of the day]
Applied to organisms that are active during the daylight hours.
Enzyme that breaks down certain disaccharides into monosaccharides.
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Polysaccharide a long chain of monosaccharides joined by dehydration synthesis
(poly = many; sacchar = sugar)
Pons the closest‚ larger bulge at the top of the spinal cord
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disaccharide Sugar consisting of two monosaccharides; example: sucrose is composed of glucose and fructose.
A large carbohydrate molecule with a chainlike or branched structrure composed of many monosaccharides. Functions in storage (ex. starch, insulin, glycogen) or structre (ex. cellulose, chitin.)
Covered in BIOL1020 Lab 2 Biological Molecules ...
 See also: Molecule, Animal, Plant, Protein, Cells
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