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Carbohydrates
Aldehyde or ketone alcohols containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are generally the same ratios as in water.
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Carbohydrates
They constitute a large proportion of the plant biomass and are responsible, as cellulose for the rigid cellular framework and starch for providing an important food reserve.
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Carbohydrates
Sugars unite with other compounds to
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Glucose
* provides energy for the brain and ½ of energy for muscles and tissues * immediate energy
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Glycogen
* stored glucose * reserve energy
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2 Broad Groups
1. Sugars 2. Polysaccharides
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Sugars
\[2 Broad Groups\]
\ crystalline, soluble in water and sweet tasting
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**SUGARS**
Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Trisaccharides
Tetrasaccharides
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Monosaccharides
\[2 Broad Groups - **SUGARS]**
\ cannot be hydrolyzed into simple sugars
* Trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses
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Disaccharides
\[2 Broad Groups - **SUGARS]**
\ 2 monosaccarides on hydrolysis
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Trisaccharides
\[2 Broad Groups - **SUGARS]**
\ 3
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Tetrasaccharides
\[2 Broad Groups - **SUGARS]**
\ 4
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Polysaccahrides
\[2 Broad Groups\]
\ complex and high MW carbs
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**Diose**
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ Hydroxyacetaldehyde, simplest sugar; does not occur free in nature.
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**Triose**
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone
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**Tetroses**
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ also not found in free state
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**Pentoses**
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ occur in nature, usuall as products of hydrolysis
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**Hexoses**
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ most important monosaccharides found in plants
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Monosaccharides
**16 aldohexoses and 8 ketohexose**s, if we consider both alpha and beta forms, we have **48 isomers**
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Monosaccharides only 2 occur in free state in plants:
›D-fructose (levulose)
›D-glucose (dextrose)
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Glucose
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ Is an Aldohexose – polydroxy alcohol having an aldehyde group
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Fructose
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ Ketohexose
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Monosaccharides
Reducing sugars
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Structure of Monosaccharides
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Fructose
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ Exist in 2 cyclic forms
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Fructopyranose
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ structure of crystalline sugar
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Furanose
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ 5 membered ring occur when fructose is present in oligosaccharides and polysaccharides
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**Heptoses**
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ phosphate esters of certain heptoses are of vital importance in glucose metabolism of animals and in the photosynthetic process of plants.
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**Octoses**
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ 8 carbon sugar was already isolated from crushed avocado pulp.
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D-glycero-D-manno-octulose
\[Monosaccharides\]
\ * unusual sugar in octoses * It is also isolated from the species of the rock-garden plant “Sedum”
theoretically derived from 2, 3 or 4 monosaccharide molecules, respectively, with the elimination of one, two or three molecules of water.
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Disaccharides
one of the commonest plant disaccharide is sucrose, it is formed in photosynthesis by the reaction of UDPG with fructose-6-phosphate.
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**Sucrose**
\[Disaccharides\]
\ * a-D-glucopyranosyl-B-D-fructofuranoside. The only disaccharide that occurs abundantly in the free state in plants. * Occurs in fruit juices, sugar cane, sugar beet, sap of certain maples
* Upon hydrolysis yields invert sugar(equimolar quantities of glucose and fructose) * Non reducing sugar
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**Maltose**
\[Disaccharides\]
\ * 4-0-a-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose * Seldomly occuring in free nature
* Produce in large quantities by the hydrolysis of starch during the germination of barley and other grains (diastatic fermentation) * Reducing sugar, upon hydrolysis yields 2 molecules of glucose.
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Maltose
\[Disaccharides\]
\ A compound of 2 glucose molecules
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Sugars Most Commonly Available in Vegetable Drugs
* Glucose * Fructose * Sucrose * Maltose
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Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Sugars Occurring in a Limited Extent in Nature
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Mannose
\[Sugars Occurring in a Limited Extent in Nature - **Monosaccharides]**
\ occuring in mannosans
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Galactose
\[Sugars Occurring in a Limited Extent in Nature - **Monosaccharides]**
\ constituent of lactose and raffinose
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Trehalose
\[Sugars Occurring in a Limited Extent in Nature - **Disaccharides**\]
\ widely distributed in the fungi
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Lactose
\[Sugars Occurring in a Limited Extent in Nature - **Disaccharides**\]
\ milk sugar, reducing sugar
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Trehalose
\[Sugars Occurring in a Limited Extent in Nature - **Disaccharides**\]
\ non reducing sugar
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Polysaccharides
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Polysaccharides
* By condensation involving sugar phosphates and sugar nucleotides, polysaccharides are derived from monosaccharides in exactly the same manner to the formation of di-, tri- and tetrasaccharides. * The final product of its hydrolysis are **hexoses or pentoses** or their derivatives. * Activities exhibited are: immuno-modulating, anti-tumour, anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, hypoglycemic and anti-viral properties.
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**Homoglycan**
\[The polysaccharide may be classified into two broad heads\]
\ The polysaccharide is termed as homoglycan when it contains only one type of monosaccharide unit
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**Heteroglycan**
\[The polysaccharide may be classified into two broad heads\]
\ The polysaccharide is known as heteroglycan when it involves more than one kind of monosaccharide unit.
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Polysaccharides - examples
* **Starch**
* **Inulin** * **Cellulose**
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Hexosans
(examples of polysaccharides) these polysaccharides can be usually hydrolyzed to a component hexose and therefore called ____
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**Starch (glucosans)**
\[Polysaccharide\]
\ glucose
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**Inulin (fructosans)**
\[Polysaccharide\]
\ fructose
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**Cellulose**
\[Polysaccharide\]
\ polysaccharide composed of glucose units joined by B-1,4 linkages, forms the primary cell wall in plants.
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**Hemicellulose**
\[Polysaccharide\]
\ HMW polysaccharides but are considerably more soluble and more easily hydrolyzed than cellulose
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**Gums and mucilages**
\[Polysaccharide\]
\ hydrolysis will yield pentoses
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**Xylan**
\[Polysaccharide\]
\ pentosans which occurs in wood of decidous trees
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Light reactions
\[Biosynthesis of Carbohydrates - Production of Monosaccharides by Photosynthesis\]
\n electromagnetics energy -> chemical potentials
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Dark reactions
\[Biosynthesis of Carbohydrates - Production of Monosaccharides by Photosynthesis\]
\ Utilize energy from light reaction to fix carbon dioxide into sugar.
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Biosynthesis of Carbohydrates
* Production of sucrose * Fructose-6-phosphate-🡪glucose-1-phosphate --UTP---> UDP-Glucose
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds - **Sucrose**\]
\ * The juice is obtained from sugar cane by crushing the stems between a series of heavy iron rollers * Boiled with lime to neutralize * Decolorized with sulfur dioxide * Concentrated and crystallize
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**Molasses**
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds - **Sucrose**\]
\ * Residual dark colored syrup obtained in the production
\ * Used in foods, prepared animal foods and in the manufacture of ethyl alcohol
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Production - Sugar beet
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds - **Sucrose**\]
\ * Beets are drug, washed, and sliced into small pieces known as **“cossettes”** * Sucrose are extracted with hot water * The solution undergo purification process
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Use of Sucrose
* Pharmaceutic necessity for syrups
* Demulcent and nutrient * In sufficient concentration, bacteriostatic and preservative * Mask the disagreeable taste in troches and tablets
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Demulcent
\[Sucrose\]
\ an agent that forms a soothing film over a mucous membrane
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Troche
\[Sucrose\]
\ small lozenges
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Dextrose
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds\]
\ * Other name: a-D(+)-glucopyranose) or D-glucose
* Sugar that occurs naturally in grapes and fruits * Production: * Controlled enzymatic hydrolysis of starch
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Uses of Dextrose
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds\]
\ * Nutrient * Ingredient in ___ injection, alcohol and _____ injection, and other drugs.
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Dextrose Exipient
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds\]
\ * Crystalline ___ monohydrate that has undergone less rigorous purification. * Use: * Pharmaceutic necessity, sweetening agents, tablet binders and coating agent.
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Dextrates
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds\]
\ 93% dextrose
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Liquid Glucose
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds\]
\ * Product of incomplete hydrolysis of starch * in US, prepared by controlled acid hydrolysis of corn starch
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Calcium Gluconate
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds\]
\ Calcium salt of gluconic acid
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Gluconic Acid
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds\]
\ Produced by oxidation of dextrose.
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Ferrous Gluconate
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds\]
* Ferrous salt of gluconic acid * Hematinic * Causes less gastric distress tat other ferrous salt * Proprietary products: Fergon, Feralet, Simron
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Hematinic
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds\]
\ Increase hemoglobin content in the blood.
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Fructose
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds\]
\ * Fruit sugar * Obtained by the inversion of aqueous solutions of sucrose and subsequent separation of fructose from glucose
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Uses of Fructose
\[Sugars and Sugar Containing Compounds\]
\ * Food for diabetic people * Infant feeding formulas * Ingredient in ______ injection * Half as sweet as the taste of glucose