Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates
Polysaccharides are long chains of sugar.
phosphate and sugar
a unit of sugar in carbihydrates is called monosaccharides. units of sugar (polymers) is called polysaccharides.
No starches are long chains of sugar molecules, Sugar molecules are compounds of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen which are elements.
Polysaccharide Terms for long chains of sugar molecules include: Polysaccharide, Amylose and Starch.
The main sugar found in plant material is cellulose. Cellulose is composed of chains of linked glucose molecules.
A simple fat molecule is composed of one glycerol molecule, which is a simple sugar, and three fatty acid chains, which are chains of carbon and hydrogen with a carboxyl group at one end.
carbon chains--sucrose is glucose and fructose, about 50/50.
The backbone of the DNA molecule is made of alternating sugar (deoxyribose) and phosphate molecules. These sugar-phosphate chains are connected by covalent bonds.
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