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Biomolecules
Define the following with an example:
Essential amino acids
The amino acid which cannot be synthesised in the body and must be obtained from the diet are known as essential amino acid.
The 9 essential amino acids are histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine.
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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?
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