HES 2823 1st Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I Syllabus II Rectangularizing the Health Curve Outline of Current Lecture I Carbohydrates A Monosaccharides B Disaccharides Current Lecture I Carbohydrates CHO carbon C and water H20 organic compounds A Monosaccharides buildings blocks of larger carbohydrates monomers 1 Glucose a Referred to as blood sugar informally because of its presence in blood b Not often found in food but occasionally in fruit c Food labels refer to it as dextrose d The suffix ose is used for most carbohydrates 2 Fructose a Also called fruit sugar because of its presence in fruit exceeding the presence of glucose in fruit b The sweetest CHO as it is almost twice as sweet as sucrose glucose is less sweet than fructose Sugar Sweetness Rating rating is based on arbitrary values to give a basic idea of sweetness levels Fructose 170 Sucrose 100 Glucose 70 c CHO comprising in high fructose corn syrup 3 Galactose These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute a Not found in food as a monosaccharide as it acts primarily as a monomer to form larger CHOs B Disaccharides a combination of two monosaccharides 1 Sucrose glucose and fructose a Referred to commonly as table sugar b Sugars in general are a class of compound all of which are monosaccharides or disaccharides c Present in cookies cakes candy etc d Comes from sugarcane and sugar beets which is an unusual source for CHOs 2 Maltose glucose and glucose a Very uncommon in food b Produced from the digestion of starch 3 Lactose glucose and galactose a Known as milk sugar b Found in dairy
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