Instructor: Ronnie L.

Besagas
Two Groups of Biochemical Substances
Carbohydrates have the following functions in humans:
monosaccharide

oligosaccharide
polysaccharide
aldose

ketose
Triose

Aldohexose

Aldopentose
Haworth projection formula
Oxidation to Produce Acidic Sugars
 reducing sugars
reducing sugar
Reduction to Produce Sugar Alcohols
Glycoside Formation

glycoside
glycoside
Phosphate Ester Formation
Amino sugar Formation
 glycosidic linkage

glycosidic linkage
Maltose
Cellobiose
Lactose
polysaccharide
homopolysaccharide

heteropolysaccharide
 storage polysaccharide

starch (in plant

cells) glycogen (in animal and human cells)
Starch
Glycogen
structural polysaccharide

cellulose
chitin
Cellulose
Chitin
acidic polysaccharide
Hyaluronic Acid
Heparin