Carbohydrate

Carbohydrates have the general molecular formula CH2O, and thus were once thought to represent "hydrated carbon". However, the arrangement of atoms in carbohydrates has little to do with water molecules.
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carbohydrate
substances (sugars, starches, etc.) composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, with the latter two usually in the same ratio as found in water.
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Carbohydrates are chemical compounds that contain oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon atoms. They consist of monosaccharide sugars of varying chain lengths and that have the general chemical formula Cn(H2O)n or are derivatives of such.
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Definition of carbohydrate :
Compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, with twice as many hydrogens as oxygens; sugar or starch. ...
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Carbohydrates (literally hydrates of carbon) are chemical compounds that act as the primary biological means of storing or consuming energy, other forms being fat and protein. Relatively complex carbohydrates are known as polysaccharides.
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Carbohydrate chains can serve as molecular markers on the genetic chromosome.
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carbohydrates -- class of biochemical compounds which includes sugars, starch, chitin, and steroids.
carbon film -- Thin layer of carbon remains of past life found in sedimentary rocks.
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carbohydrates Organic molecules composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that serve as energy sources and structural materials for cells of all organisms.
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carbohydrate
[L. carbo, charcoal + hydro, water]
A sugar (monosaccharide) or one of its dimers (disaccharides) or polymers (polysaccharides).
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Carbohydrates
The general formula for carbohydrates is (CH2O)n.
Monosaccharides ...
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carbohydrate Compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen having the generalized formula (CH2O)n; aldehyde or ketone derivatives of polyhydric alcohols, with hydrogen and oxygen atoms attached in a 2:1 ratio.
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carbohydrates: the primary energy source for living things; composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
cardiac muscle: the involuntary muscle found in the heart; contains actin and myosin filaments.
carnivores: animals that eat other animals.
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carbohydrate
A family of organic molecules with the general formula (CH20)x, ranging from simple sugars, such as glucose and fructose, to complex molecules, such as starch and cellulose.
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Cellulose - a carbohydrate that is found in cell walls
Cell wall - multi-layered, sturdy structure composed of cellulose that provides plants and other organisms with their rigidity ...
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NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) Nicotinamide-containing coenzyme functioning as carriers of hydrogen atoms and electrons in some redox reactions, notably carbohydrate and lipid catabolism.
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Many biological effects of complex carbohydrates are mediated by lectins that contain discrete carbohydrate-recognition domains.
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This obligate anaerobe is capable of utilizing various carbohydrates, including glucose, maltose, starch, cellulose and xylan as energy sources. In an attempt to further understand T.
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The anaerobic breakdown (that is, in the absence of oxygen) of carbohydrates, in which a molecule of glucose is converted by a series of steps to two molecules of lactic acid, yielding energy in the form of ATP.
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A blood type is a description an individual's characteristics of red blood cells due to substances (carbohydrates and proteins) on the cell membrane. The two most important classifications to describe blood types in humans are ABO and Rh factor.
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Antigenic variation can occur by altering a variety of surface molecules including proteins and carbohydrates.
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Although the cytoplasm contains water, proteins, carbohydrates, various ions, and assorted other molecules, proteins do most of the work. A typical bacterium requires more than 4,000 proteins for growth and reproduction.
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An enzyme important in provision of muscle energy (carbohydrate metabolism), that is present in many cells, particularly those of the heart, kidneys, liver, and skeletal muscle. Elevated blood levels of LDH may confirm a suspected heart attack.
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glycolipid - membrane lipid molecule with a short carbohydrate chain attached to a hydrophobic tail.
glycolysis - the degradation of carbohydrates in a sequence of enzymatically catalyzed
steps.
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Glyceraldehyde3-phosphate a 3-carbon carbohydrate
(glycer = sweet + aldehyde - from alcohol + dehydrogenatum where de- = from down out + hydrogen) ...
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Two types of a highly variable disorder in which abnormalities in the ability to make and/or use the hormone insulin interfere with the process of turning dietary carbohydrates into glucose, the body's fuel.
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: The influence exerted by a living plant on other plants nearby or microorganisms through production of chemicals. These include 1) carbohydrates and lipids, 2) alkaloids, 3) other nitrogen-containing compounds, 4)
flavonoid ...
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