16 Questions
What is the general formula for carbohydrates?
(CH2O)n
Which of the following is a biomedical importance of carbohydrates?
Storage form of energy in the body
What is the classification of carbohydrates that can't be hydrolyzed?
Polysaccharides
What is the simplest form of carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides
What are carbohydrates composed of?
C, H, O
Which type of carbohydrate serves as a cell membrane component?
Monosaccharides
Which type of monosaccharides are classified based on the number of carbon atoms they contain?
Trioses, tetroses, pentoses, and hexoses
Which functional group is present in aldoses?
Aldehyde group
Which type of isomerism involves sugars that are mirror images of each other?
Enantiomers
Which sugar is a component of RNA?
Ribose
What do monosaccharides tend to form in aqueous solutions with more than 3 carbons?
Ring structures
Which monosaccharide is known as honey or fruit sugar?
Fructose
What are the derivatives of monosaccharides in which the carbonyl group is reduced to an alcohol group called?
Sugar alcohols
Which group of monosaccharide derivatives has the OH group of the 2nd carbon replaced by an amino group (NH2)?
Amino sugars
What type of isomerism involves two sugars that differ only in the configuration around one carbon atom?
Epimers
Which type of sugar is the main sugar present in blood?
Glucose
Test your knowledge of carbohydrates, monosaccharides, and their derivatives. Learn to define carbohydrates, understand their biomedical importance, classify different types of carbohydrates, and identify various classifications of monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides.
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