science

• BIOMOLECULES

  • also called a biological molecule
  • produced by cells and living organisms.
• Monomer

  • the building block or backbone
• Carbohydrates

  • Comes from the French term hydrate de carbone, which means hydrates of carbon.
  • It is sometimes called saccharide, from the Greek word sakcharon, meaning sugar. The suffix –ose is used to denote the name of a saccharide.
• Monosaccharide

  • is a simple sugar that constitutes the building blocks of a more complex form.
• Glucose (C6 H12 O6)

  • is a common monosaccharide and an important energy source.
• Fructose

  • is found in fruit, some vegetables, honey, and other plants.
• Galactose

  • is produced in the body through the digestion of a disaccharide lactose.
• Disaccharide

  • A double sugar
  • is a sugar formed when two monosaccharides are joined by glycosidic linkage.
• Polysaccharides

  • are complex carbohydrate polymers consisting of more than two monosaccharides.
  • the form in which most natural carbohydrates occur.
• Protein

  • are large, complex molecules that play many critical roles in the body
  • They do most of the work in cells and are required to structure, function, and regulate the body’s tissues and organs.
• Nucleic acids

  • are naturally occurring chemical compounds that serve as the primary information-carrying molecules in cells
  • They play an especially important role in directing protein synthesis.
• Lipids

  • is any of various organic compounds that are insoluble in water.
  • They include fats, waxes, oils, hormones, and certain components of membranes and function as energy-storage molecules and chemical messengers.
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  Phospolipids

  • make up the cell membrane
  • consists of a phostate head linked to 2 fatty acid chains
  • Primary lipid
• fatty acids

  • a major energy source
• triglycerides

  • the most abundant liquid in our diet and storage form of fat in our bodies.
• Sterols

  • cholesterol is the primary dietary sterol