Carbohydrates

• Carb monomers 


  sugar
• CH2O


  Chemical formula for carbs
• sugar

  saccharide
• Carb polymers are joined via...


  Glycosidic Linkage and Condensation
• Mono 


  one
• di


  two
• poly


  many
• Plant Storage Polysaccharide


  • Starch
  • made via dehydration synthesis
  • made of glucose monomers
  • 1-4 glycosidic linkage
  • little to no branching
• Animal Storage Polysaccharide 


  • Glycogen
  • made of glucose monomers
  • made via dehydration synthesis
  • 1-4 glycosidic linkage
  • highly branched (needs reactions faster)
• Structure Polysaccharide 


  • Cellulose "Fiber"
  • isomers of glucose
• Cellulose 


  • most abundant organic compound on Earth
  • Carnivores can't digest it
  • Herbivores can digest it