Carbohydrates

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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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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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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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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Carbohydrates
The general formula for carbohydrates is (CH2O)n.
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carbohydrates: the primary energy source for living things; composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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carnivores: animals that eat other animals.
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production of carbohydrates from water and carbon dioxide by means of chlorophyll in presence of energy-supplying light
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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resins Complex carbohydrates synthesized by certain plants in glands, canals, or ducts; insoluble in water. Used in various industrial products, including paints and varnishes. They may aid wood in resistance of decay.
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photosynthesis The use of light energy to produce carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water.
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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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Many biological effects of complex carbohydrates are mediated by lectins that contain discrete carbohydrate-recognition domains.
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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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glycolysis - the degradation of carbohydrates in a sequence of enzymatically catalyzed
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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)
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The part of the intestine lying between the duodenum and the colon, where digestion is completed by enzymes that break down carbohydrates, fates, and proteins. Absorption of food also occurs here.
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The watery fluid portion of blood in which the corpuscular elements are suspended. It transports nutrients as well as wastes throughout the body. Various compounds " including proteins, electrolytes, carbohydrates, minerals, ...
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