Describing the structure and function of the major biological chemicals in the humans.

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Describing the structure and function of the major biological chemicals in the humans

Carbohydrates

The main role of carbohydrates is to provide energy to the body. Carbohydrates are broken down into a form of sugar known as glucose. Glucose is carried to every cell in the body by the blood and can be used right away for energy. Glucose is also know as sugar.

Carbohydrates imperical formula is

Sugars are small molecules which are a product of carbohydrates. As the name implies, a carbohydrate is a molecule whose molecular formula can be expressed in terms of just carbon and water. For example, glucose has the formula C6(H2O)6 and sucrose (table sugar) has the formula C6(H2O)11. More complex carbohydrates such as starch and cellulose are polymers of glucose. Their formulas can be be expressed as Cn(H2O)n-1

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in all carbohydrates this imperical formula will stay the same the structure will change making different types or carbohydrates such as Fructose,galactose,pentose and hexose these are known as isomers of carbo-hydrates.an isomer is something that has the same imperical formula but is structured differently to make other products.

Mono-saccarides are things like fructose and galactose the term mono saccharides means that they only have one molecule.

When two of these Mono-saccarides are 2 joined together and they form a di-saccaride such as lactose

When 2 or more of these mono-saccarides are joined up they make ...

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