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    This document provides notes from a biochemistry lecture on carbohydrates. It begins with an introduction that defines carbohydrates as polar, water-soluble sugars that are the most abundant organic molecules on Earth. It describes how plants produce carbohydrates through photosynthesis using carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight to produce carbohydrates and oxygen. The notes explain that plants use carbohydrates for structure through cellulose and for energy storage as starch. The average human diet should be about 2/3 carbohydrates, and carbohydrates in humans provide energy, short-term energy storage as glycogen, and supply carbon atoms for other biomolecules.

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    This document provides notes from a biochemistry lecture on carbohydrates. It begins with an introduction that defines carbohydrates as polar, water-soluble sugars that are the most abundant organic molecules on Earth. It describes how plants produce carbohydrates through photosynthesis using carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight to produce carbohydrates and oxygen. The notes explain that plants use carbohydrates for structure through cellulose and for energy storage as starch. The average human diet should be about 2/3 carbohydrates, and carbohydrates in humans provide energy, short-term energy storage as glycogen, and supply carbon atoms for other biomolecules.

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    This document provides notes from a biochemistry lecture on carbohydrates. It begins with an introduction that defines carbohydrates as polar, water-soluble sugars that are the most abundant organic molecules on Earth. It describes how plants produce carbohydrates through photosynthesis using carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight to produce carbohydrates and oxygen. The notes explain that plants use carbohydrates for structure through cellulose and for energy storage as starch. The average human diet should be about 2/3 carbohydrates, and carbohydrates in humans provide energy, short-term energy storage as glycogen, and supply carbon atoms for other biomolecules.

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    Biochem Lecture Notes 2

    LECTURE CARBOHYDRATES

    A. INTRODUCTION
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    known as SUGARS (polar and water-soluble); hydrate of carbon

    Polar - a covalent bond between two atoms where the electrons forming the bond
    are unequally distributed; one is negative and one is positive
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    - are the most abundant class of bioorganic molecules on planet earth. Although their abundance in the
    human body is relatively low.
    - Carbohydrates constitute about 75% by mass of dry plants.
    - Green(chlorophyll-containing) plants produce carbohydrates via photosynthesis. In this process, carbon
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    CO 2 + H 2 O + solar energy -------------------- carbohydrates + O 2
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    Plants have two mainWorduses for the carbohydrates they produce. In the form of cellulose (chief part of the
    cell walls of plants; usually fibrous), carbohydrates serve as structural elements, and in the form of starch,
    they provide energy reserves for the plants.

    Dietary intake of plant materials is the major carbohydrate source for humans and animals. The
    average
    Classhuman diet should ideally be about 2/3 carbohydrates by mass.
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    Carbohydrates have the following functions in humans:

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    1. Carbohydrate oxidation provides energy.
    2. Carbohydrate storage in the form of glycogen, provides a short-term energy reserve.
    3. Carbohydrates supply carbon atoms for the synthesis of other biochemical substances
    (proteins, lipids and nucleic acids)
    4. Carbohydrates form part of the structural framework of DNA and RNA molecules

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