It is biochemically most important ketohexose
that is present in honey – Fructose
It is present in chemical markers that
distinguish various blood types – Ribose
Which of the following is an example of
disaccharide? – Sucrose
It refers to isomers with different
connectivity – Constitutional Isomers
This are stereoisomers with stereocenters –
Chiral
This are stereoisomers that are super
imposable and mirror images of one
another - Achiral
Stereoisomers whose molecule are non
super impossible mirror images of one
another – Enantiomer
Stereoisomers whose molecule are not
mirror images of each other. –
Diastereomers
Diastereomers whose molecule differ only
on the configuration of the chiral center –
Epimers
Chiral compound that rotates towards the
left – Levorotatory
Chiral compound that rotates towards the
left – Aldose
Monosaccharide with 5 carbon atoms –
Pentose
Structural polysaccharide in plants –
Cellulose
Molecular formula of a triose
(monosaccharide) - C3H6O3
Five membered cyclic form among the
biochemically important monosaccharides –
Fructose
OH of C1 and CH2OH of C5 are on the
opposite side – Alpha
Five member cyxlic ring – Furan
Oxidation with Benedict's solution will
produce – Aldonic Acid
A sugar alcohol used as sweetening agent in
gums – Sorbitol
Chiral – magkakaiba ng ng family around the
alpha
Achiral – meron magkapareho
Aldose – D-glucose (CHO sa taas, CH2OH
yung baba)
Ketose – D-fructose (CH2OH sa taas and
baba)
A sugar alcohol used as sweetening agent in
gums – Sucrose
Malt Sugar – Maltose
Table Sugar – Sucrose
Milk Sugar – Lactose
Cannot be digested by humans – Cellobiose
Galactose + Glucose + Fructose – Raffinose
Glucose + 2 Galactose + Fructose –
Stachyose
Glucose + Galactose + Rhamnose – Solanine
composed of one monosaccharide unit with
a 1-4 linkages – Linear homoglycan
composed of one monosaccharide unit with
a 1-4 and 1-6 linkages – branched
homoglycan
composed of many monosaccharide units
with a 1-4 linkages – linear heteroglycan
composed of many monosaccharide units
with a 1-4 and a1-6 linkages – branched
heteroglycan
Branched chain polysaccharide product of
starch with larger molecular mass –
amylopectin

Lactose intolerance is a condition wherein

lactose is converted into: Lactic acid

Storage polysaccharide in plants – Starch

Storage polysaccharide in animals –
Glycogen
Structural polysaccharide in plants –
Cellulose
Structural polysaccharide in animals – Chitin

Glycosidic Linkages:
Above the ring – beta
Below the ring – alpha

Lubricant – hyaluronic acid

Anticoagulant – heparin
Alternating NAG and glucorinic acid –
Hyaluronic acid
With 15-90 disaccharide unit residues per
chain – heparin

Glucose + Glucose beta linkage – Cellobiose

Glucose + Glucose alpha linkage – Maltose
Glucose + Galactose – Lactose
Glucose + Galactose – Sucrose

a combination of lipids and carbohydrate

chain – Glycolipids

Insulin has a major role in the process of

obesity from carbohydrates – True

2 forms of d-glucose:
Alpha – OH of C1 and CH2OH of C5
opposite
Beta – OH of C1 and CH2OH of c5 same
sides

Pyranose – six atom ring

Furanose – five atom ring