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Flashcards by Jin Braicovic, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jin Braicovic
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| monosaccharides | *simple sugars most common: - glucose (corn) fructose (fruit sugar) |
| Disaccharides | 2 monosaccharides bonded -sucrose( table sugar) -Maltose (malt sugar) -Lactose (milk sugar) |
| Polysaccharides | *very complex -large groups of monosaccharides -important roles (energy storage) -provide support structure -cellulose (paper, starch in plants, glycogen stored in liver and muscle tissue) |
| Lipids | -made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen -secondary source of energy for cells bc difficult to use -fats, oils and waxes |
| Carbohydrates | carbon+hydrogen+oxygen produced primarily in plant cells source of energy for plants and animals |
| Proteins (hormones, antibodies, enzymes) | composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen -used in structure, storage, movement and transport of cells |
| Lignin | Hard substance found in cell wall (support) |
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