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
Contains
- polysaccharide
Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide...
- monosaccharide
A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars;...
- oligosaccharide
Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete...
- cane sugar
Sucrose obtained from sugar cane.
- ribose
A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid.
- jaggery
Unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap.
- deoxyribose
A sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids.
- invert sugar
A mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose;...
- maple sugar
Sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree.
- beet sugar
Sugar made from sugar beets.
- wood sugar
A sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics.