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CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO FUNCTIONAL GROUPS
❏ ALDOSES – contain
aldehyde functional
group
❏ SAMPLES: Ribose,
Glucose, Galactose
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CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO FUNCTIONAL GROUPS
❏ SAMPLES: Fructose
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CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF CARBONS
IN A CYCLIC FORM
❏ PYRANOSE – is a six-
membered cyclic ring
❏ FURANOSE – is a five-
membered cyclic ring
RIBOSE, GLUCOSE,
SUCROSE, GLYCOGEN,
SAMPLES GALACTOSE, FRUCTOSE,
STARCH
LACTOSE
RIBOSE, GLUCOSE,
LACTOSE, SUCROSE,
SAMPLES GALACTOSE,
GLYCOGEN, STARCH
FRUCTOSE
RIBOSE, GALACTOSE,
SUCROSE and GLUCOSE,GLYCOGEN,
SAMPLES
FRUCTOSE STARCH
❑ Positive result :
❑ Yellow
❑ Orange
❑ Red precipitate
❑ Sample: URINE