Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Carbohydrates
- Monosacchaides
- Glucose
- Fructose
- Galactose
- Single carbohydrate unit
- Disaccharides
- Glucose + Glucose
= Maltose
- Glucose + Fructose
= Sucrose
- Glucose + Galactose
= Lactose
- 2 carbohydrate
units
- Joined by condensation
reactions, broken by
hydrolysis reactions -
forms glycosidic bonds
- Polysaccharides
- Insouble,
compact, easily
hydrolysed
- Starch
- PLANTS
- Alpha
Glucose
- Amylose
- Helix
- Amylopectin
- Branched/Pleated Sheet
- Energy Storage
- Glycogen
- Alpha Glucose
- ANIMALS
- Energy
Storage
- Cellulose
- PLANT -
Cell Walls
- Beta Glucose
- Every other
molecule is
inverted by 180°
- Parallel chains bonded by
hydrogen bonds
- Hydrogen bonds
give strength and
rigidity
- Chains form
microfibrils
- Chitin
- INSECTS
- Contains
amino
acids
- Forms an
exo-skeleton
- Strong
- Light-weight
- Waterproof
- Long
branched
chains