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Carbohydrates |
Substances that provide energy |
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Monosaccharides |
Simplest sugar. Building blocks |
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Glucose |
Used in dextrose. Blood sugar |
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Fructose |
Fruit sugar |
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Galactose |
Milk sugar |
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Disaccharide |
Double sugar. Formed when one total of water molecule is removed |
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Lactose |
Found in milk. Galactose + Glucose |
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Sucrose |
Found in Table sugar and sugarcane. Glucose + Fructose |
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Maltose |
Found in cereal and malt. Glucose + Glucose |
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Polysaccharide |
Consist of lots of numbers of bonded sugar molecules. |
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Starch |
Organic chemical, white, granular that is produced by all green plants |
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Protein |
basic component of living cells. made up of CHON & 1 or more chains of amino acids. |
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Polypeptide |
another name for protein |
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4 Kcal of energy |
how much kcal of energy per gram does Protein give |
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Antibodies |
sends white blood cells |
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Proteios |
greek word for Protein meaning "first" |
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Amino Acid |
molecule with amino and carboxyl group |
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-H-bonding -Salt bridges -Hydroprobic and hydrophilic tendencies |
Factors governing arrangement/ configuration of Protein |
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Keratin |
protein found in hair, skins, nails and is highly cosslined protein containing a-helix and B-pleated sheets |
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Fibroin |
silk. one of the strongest natural fibers. |
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Collagen |
found in connective tissue. Major insoluble fibrous protein and 30% of proteins in animals |
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Enzyme |
speeds up or slows down the reaction for reaction or bind substances |
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Lipase |
digestion of fats |
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Pepsin |
breaking down of proteins into peptides |
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Sucrase/ Invertase |
help in digestion of sugars and starches |
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Myoglobin |
polypeptide that stores oxygen in muscles. 153 amino acids in a single polypeptide chain |
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Lipids |
hydrophilic, soluble in nonpolar solvents, provides 9kcal per gram energy |
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Lipos |
greek word for lipids "Fat" |