CARBOHYDRATES

●REPRESENTED BY THE
FORMULA (CH2O)n
●RING SHAPED UNITS
(MONOSACCHARIDE)
●MAIN SOURCE OF
ENERGY IN OUR BODY
THREE SUBTYPES
OF
CARBOHYDRATES
MONOSACCHARIDE
●SIMPLE SUGARS
●MOST MONOSACCHARIDE NAMES
END WITH -OSE
●TRIOSES, PENTOSES, AND
HEXOSES
EXAMPLES OF MONOSACCHARIDES:
●GLUCOSE
●FRUCTOSE
●GALACTOSE

NOTE: THEY HAVE DIFFERENT ATOM

ARRANGEMENT DESPITE SHARING
THE SAME CHEMICAL FORMULA.
 DISACCHARIDE
●FORMED WHEN TWO
MONOSACCHARIDES UNDERGO A
DEHYDRATION REACTION
●THE HYDROXYL GROUP (-OH)
COMBINES WITH ANOTHER
MONOSACCHARIDE
COMMON DISACCHARIDES:

●LACTOSE
●MALTOSE (MALT SUGAR)
●SUCROSE (TABLE SUGAR)
POLYSACCHARIDE
●LONG CHAIN OF
MONOSACCHARIDES LINKED BY
COVALENT BONDS
●MAY CONTAIN DIFFERENT TYPES
OF MONOSACCHARIDES
 EXAMPLES OF
POLYSACCHARIDES:

●STARCH
●GLYCOGEN
●CELLULOSE
●CHITIN