Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Cellulose, Glycogen, Carbohydrates, Monosaccharides, Glycosidic Bond, Glucose, Maltose, Lactose, Sucrose, Starch, Properties of Monosaccharide, and Classification of Carbohydrates Based on Their Reducing Properties.
Important Questions on Carbohydrates
Pyrenoids are the centres for formation of
The properties of starch useful for making it storage material in plants are:
(i) chemically non-reactive
(ii) easily translocated
(iii) easily digestible
(iv) synthesised during photosynthesis
(v) Osmotically inactive
Cellulose is unbranched chain with -1,6 bonds.
Why agarose is used in electrophoresis ?
Can I use agarose instead of agar?
Why agarose is preferred?
Where do we get chitin ?
What is chitin made up of ?
What type of carbohydrate is glycogen ?
What are storage polysaccharides called ?
Is inulin a storage polysaccharide ?
What are the three main types of polysaccharides?
What are storage polysaccharides give examples?
What are structural polysaccharides made of ?
Why are cellulose and chitin called structural polysaccharides ?
What is the difference between storage and structural polysaccharides ?
What are structural polysaccharides and their functions ?
What are polysaccharides composed of ?
