Review Sheet for Carbohydrates - Biochemistry | BIOC 440, Study notes of Biochemistry

Material Type: Notes; Professor: Klevit; Class: BIOCHEMISTRY; Subject: Biochemistry; University: University of Washington - Seattle; Term: Autumn 2008;

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A Brief Review of Carbohydrates
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A Brief Review of Carbohydrates

If this is foreign to you, please

read pp 235-244.

Monosaccharides

 Aldehydes or ketones with at least two

hydroxyl groups

 Glyceraldehyde is the smallest aldose: O H C H C OH CH 2 OH

O H

C

HO C H

CH 2 OH

Glucose and Fructose

Glucose

Aldose

Fructose

Ketose

D- D-

Glucose Can Cyclize