Carbohydrates

• Ribose


  A five-carbon sugar present in RNA

  
• Beta Glucose

  
• Alpha Glucose

  
• Cellulose

  A structural polysaccharide of plant cell walls, consisting of B glucose monomers joined by glycosidic bonds.

  
• Glycogen

  An extensively branched glucose storage polysaccharide found in the liver and muscle of animals; the animal equivalent of starch.

  
• Amylose


  One of the polysaccharides in starch structure where all glucose molecules are bonded through 1,4 linkages a linear fashion.

  
• Isomer

  Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formula.

  
• Starch


  A polysaccharide storage molecule made by plants from glucose.

  
• Hydrolysis

  Water breaks chemical bonds

  
• Glycosidic bond


  The bond between sugars.

  
• Condensation reaction


  A chemical reaction in which two molecules become covalently bonded to each other through the loss of a water molecule.

  
• Disaccharide

  A molecule composed of two monosaccharides. Common disaccharides include maltose, sucrose, and lactose.

  
• Monosaccharide

  A single sugar molecule such as glucose or fructose, the simplest type of sugar.