Biomolecules
i) Biomolecules are molecules that occur naturally in living organisms. Biomolecules include macromolecules like proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids.
ii) It also includes small molecules like primary and secondary metabolites and natural products.
iii) Biomolecules consists mainly of carbon and hydrogen with nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, and phosphorus. Biomolecules are very large molecules of many atoms, that are covalently bound together.
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Give one example each of (i) Reducing sugar and (ii) Non-reducing sugar.
Name the anomers of glucose.
State two characteristics of monosaccharides.
Name a carbohydrate containing five carbon atoms per molecule.
Name the monomers of starch.
Name the polysaccharides that is stored in the liver of animals.
What do you understand by the term gycosidic linkage?
What are the hydrolytic products of lactose?
What is meant by inversion of sugar?
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