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What is the most abundant monosaccharide in nature?
What is the most abundant monosaccharide in nature?
D-glucose
What are oligosaccharides composed of?
What are oligosaccharides composed of?
Short chains of monosaccharide units or residues joined by glycosidic bonds.
Give an example of a disaccharide.
Give an example of a disaccharide.
Sucrose (cane sugar)
What distinguishes polysaccharides from monosaccharides and oligosaccharides?
What distinguishes polysaccharides from monosaccharides and oligosaccharides?
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Name the two types of polysaccharides based on their function.
Name the two types of polysaccharides based on their function.
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What is the empirical formula for carbohydrates?
What is the empirical formula for carbohydrates?
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Carbohydrates are the most abundant biomolecules on ______
Carbohydrates are the most abundant biomolecules on ______
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Oxidation of carbohydrates is the central energy-yielding pathway in most ______ cells
Oxidation of carbohydrates is the central energy-yielding pathway in most ______ cells
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Carbohydrates are polyhydroxy aldehydes or ______, or substances that yield such compounds on hydrolysis
Carbohydrates are polyhydroxy aldehydes or ______, or substances that yield such compounds on hydrolysis
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Monosaccharides consist of a single polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone ______
Monosaccharides consist of a single polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone ______
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Oligosaccharides consist of short chains of monosaccharide units, or residues, joined by characteristic linkages called ______ bonds
Oligosaccharides consist of short chains of monosaccharide units, or residues, joined by characteristic linkages called ______ bonds
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Polysaccharides are sugar polymers containing more than 20 or so monosaccharide units, and some have hundreds or thousands of ______
Polysaccharides are sugar polymers containing more than 20 or so monosaccharide units, and some have hundreds or thousands of ______
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