Write two main functions of carbohydrates in plants.
(i) They serve as structural materials for cell walls. For example, the polysaccharide cellulose is the chief constituent of the plant cell wall.
(ii) Carbohydrates act as biofuels and provide energy for different functioning.
What products would be formed when a nucleotide from DNA containing thymine is hydrolysed?
When RNA is hydrolysed, there is no relationship among the quantities of different bases obtained. What does this fact suggest about the structure of RNA?
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.
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