SUGARS AND CARBOHYDRATES VOCABULARY
& STRUCTURE LIST
Know about [this is NOT guaranteed to be an exhaustive list - just a
starting place]
-- aldoses & ketoses; D- & L- forms, shapes, how to draw them,
etc.
-- furanoses & pyranoses, alpha & beta forms of ring structures
-- oligosaccharides & polysaccharides
-- O- and N-glycosidic linkages
Here are the sugars and polysaccarhides for which you are specifically
responsible (in detail: recognize, draw, etc.): ... in no particular
order ...
glucose
fructose
ribose & dR
mannose
galactose
glyceraldehyde
dihydroxyacetone
ribulose
xylulose
common polymers of glucose:
-- dimers: sucrose, lactose, maltose
-- polymers: cellulose, starch, glycogen