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Requirement for producing nutrients/macromolecules |
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Source of building blocks and energy |
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raw materials and fuels of the diet which are required by the body |
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Major headings/groups of nutrients |
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carbohydrates fats/lipids proteins vitamins minerals
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Effect of being deficient in nutrients? excessive in nutrients |
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Chemical classification of carbohydrates |
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polyhydroxyaldehydes (aldose) polyhydroxyketons (ketose) derivatives of these molecules
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Simplest polyhydroxyaldehyde and polyhydroxyketone |
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aldehyde- glyceraldehyde ketone- dihydroxyacetone
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Examples of pentoses (5 C sugars) |
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glucose galactose mannose glucuronic acid glucosamine fructose
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common carbohydrate derivatives |
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amino sugars (replace OH with NH2) deoxy sugars (2 C has OH replace with H) uronic acids (primary alcohol replaced with carboxyl group)
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What determines if a carbohydrate is D or L? |
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the position of OH on C closest to the primary alcohol |
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Difference between D galactose and D glucose |
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D galactose is the 4 epimer of glucose |
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Difference between mannose and D-glucose |
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mannose is the 2 epimer of D glucose |
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carbone that belonged to the aldehyde group before forming a ring |
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How do you form a glycosidic bond |
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anomeric carbon reacting with alcohol |
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beta D galactose and alpha D glucose joined by beta 1-4 linkage |
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alpha D glucose and beta D fructose joined by alpha1-beta2 linkage |
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chemical structure of reducing sugars |
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have free anomeric carbon to react |
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chemical structure of starch |
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glucose polymer of alpha 1-4 glycosidic bonds |
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chemical structure of glycogen |
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glucose polymers of alpha1-4 and alpha1-6 bonds |
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Chemical structure of cellulose |
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glucoses linked via beta 1-4 glycosidic bonds |
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Advantage of branching nature of glycogen |
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Disadvantage of using glycogen to store energy |
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the OH groups attract water, so it takes up a lot of space (if I urinate glucose, I take water with it) |
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Major carbohydrates in diet |
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simple sugars complex carbohydrates |
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Main simple sugars in diet |
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dissaccharides lactose sucrose
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Role of simple carbs in body |
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all simple carbs needed by the body can be synthesized in the body (ex: glucose) |
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Clinical pathology of complete elimination of carbs from diet |
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Major carbohydrates in the diet |
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Amylose and amylopectin are broken down by what enzyme? into what compound? |
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via amylase, broken down into maltose, then into two glucose units |
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Major monomer sugars taken into the body |
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Minimum need of carbs needed to prevent ketoacidosis |
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50-100 grams of carbs per day |
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