Sugar

Of macromolecule.   May also be referred to as carbohydrate and saccharide.

An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain.

This concept's ID is @1~74761

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  • polysaccharide 9 facts

    Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide...

  • monosaccharide 6 facts

    A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars;...

  • oligosaccharide 3 facts

    Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete...

  • cane sugar 1 facts

    Sucrose obtained from sugar cane.

  • ribose 0 facts

    A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid.

  • jaggery 0 facts

    Unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap.

  • deoxyribose 0 facts

    A sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids.

  • invert sugar 0 facts

    A mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose;...

  • maple sugar 0 facts

    Sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree.

  • beet sugar 0 facts

    Sugar made from sugar beets.

  • wood sugar 0 facts

    A sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics.