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Carbohydrates - Coggle Diagram
Carbohydrates
Saccharide
Disaccharide
2 monosaccharide joined (glycosidic bond)
Common disaccharides
Lactose
Cellobiose
Sucrose
Maltase
2 monomers
Polysaccharides
Store energy
Types of polysaccharides
Heteropolysaccharide
Peptidoglycan
Glycosaminoglycan
Homopolysaccharide
Starch
Glycogen
Cellulose
Chitin
More than 20 monomers
Monosaccharide
Common monosaccharide
Ribose
Aldopentose sugar
Galactose
Aldohexose sugar
Fructose
Ketohexose sugar
Sweetest sugar and can be found in fruit
Glucose
Aldohexose sugar
Common in blood
Consists of 1 monomer
Single aldehyde/ketone
Stereochemistry
Nonsuperimposable
Contain chiral carbon
Asymmetry
Known as enantiomers