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The chemical composition of carbohydrates - as analysed in the nineteenth century - is a combination of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and water (H2O). Many carbs have the general chemical formula Cx(H2O)x, but the class is too large to fit into a simple chemical formula. Carbohydrates are often isomers - meaning, they have the same atomic composition but different structures. Fructose, galactose and glucose are isomers with the chemical formula C6H12O6. There are many classification schemes for carbohydrates. The most common one separates them into 4 major groups: monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides.
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∙ 9y agoCarbohydrates consist of 3 different components. These are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. They perform numerous roles in living organisms.
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∙ 13y agoCarbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen
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∙ 11y agopolymers of many polysaccharide units.
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What are carbohydrates and fats nutrients composed of?
Carbohydrates are composed of Elements: Carbon, Hydrogen, and nitrogen.... The Nutrients that make up Carbohydrates are: Sugars and Straches......
Is nitrogen a component of carbohydrates?
No, carbohydrates are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
What are the elements used for carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Are carbohydrates a molecule?
Yes, carbohydrates are molecules composed of carbon (carbo-) and water (-hydrate).
What is a chemical composed of one or more simple sugars?
Carbohydrates
What is chemicals are sugars made of?
Sugars are carbohydrates. All carbohydrates are composed of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen.
What are the three elements of fats and carbohydrates?
Fats and carbohydrates are composed of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
What are subunits called that make up carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates are composed exclusively from Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen.
What are fat composed?
Fats are composed of the same three elements as carbohydrates - carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.
Are potatoes a good source of carbohydrates?
Yes, as they are composed largely of starch.
Is honey an organism?
Yes. It is composed of glucose and fructose, not organic carbohydrates.
What do amino acids have that fats and carbohydrates do not?
Lipids (that's fats/oils) are composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen. Carbohydrates are composed of carbon, hydrogen oxygen (just in a different ratio to lipids). However, amino acids are composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, AND nitrogen.
