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CARBOHYDRATE - Coggle Diagram

- - - - aldehyde - aldose & ketone - ketose
    - - pentose
      - hexose
      - heptose
      - octose
      - tetrose
      - triose
  - - - important sugar used in genetic material
      - not used as energy source, important backbone of RNA
      - Aldopentose
      - C2-OH was removed, deoxyribose is formed (backbone of DNA)
    - - Common names (dextrose, grape sugar, blood sugar)
      - most important sugar in our diet - source energy and metabolic intermediate for cells
      - Aldohexose
      - Most abundant organic compound in nature
      - maximum blood level - 0.1%
    - - Found in dairy products & in sugar beets
      - synthesized by the body (forms part of glycolipids and glycoproteins in several tissues)
      - also called as brain sugar
      - considered as nutritive sweetener because has food energy
      - Aldohexose
      - less sweet than glucose
    - - also known as levulose
      - sweetest of all sugars
      - Ketohexose
      - sugar of fruits and in honey
- - - - peptidoglycan
      - glycoprotein
      - proteoglycan
      - glycolipid