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Tuesday 26 May 2020

notes about structure of carbohydrates

C Carbon           1       6 Carbon atoms 
H Hydrogen       2       12 Hydrogen atoms
O Oxygen          1        6 Oxygen atoms


Monosaccharide which are also called simple sugars 
Disaccharide which are also called double sugars
polysaccharide which are also called complex sugars


Monosaccharide and Disaccharide are also known
as simple carbohydrates 


Monosaccharides are smaller molecules of which
the most important being glucose 
Glucose= 6 carbon carbohydrate 
And when it’s dissolved in water it will form a
ring that's represented in this ring model the 3
dimensional model of glucose looks something
like this they all represent the same molecule
Monosaccharides there are two more that
are called fructose and galactose which is
this like glucose both of them have  6 Carbon atoms
12 Hydrogen atoms and 6 Oxygen atoms but
there structures are all slightly different not all
Monosaccharides are 6 Carbon molecules 


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