Wednesday 7 March 2012

BIO 12 UNIT 1: STUDY NOTES

CARBOHYDRATES

  1. Monosaccharides => Simple sugars (monomers of carbohydrates) (single units of GLUCOSE and its isomers)
  2. Disaccharides => Fairly simple sugars, 2 monosaccharides linked with an ester linkage and also has a separate water molecule
  3. Polysaccharides => Polymers of carbohydrates comprised of more than 2 monosaccharides, complex
--- 3 TYPES OF POLYSACCHARIDES: Starch, Glycogen, Cellulose

  • The link to the below video is great in expanding on the above concepts and linking them to real world biological applications:

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