Carbohydrates
Kristy Fernandez
Definition
Carbohydrates are a group of chemical compounds in a ring shape that contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. There are three types: Monosacharrides, Disacharrides, and Polyscharrides.
Monoscharrides
Glucose
Glucose is found in fruits and vegetables
Galactose
Galactose is found in milk
Fructose
Fructose is found in honey and some fruits and vegetables
Monoscharrides contain only one unit of carbohydrates, this includes Glucose, Fructose and Galactose which are found in different foods.
Discharrides
Disaccharides are more complex since they have two monosaccharides bonded together. The two most known disaccharides are sucrose, found in table sugar, and lactose ,found in the milk.
Polyscharrides
Polysaccharides are made up many monosaccharides and are often highly complex chains of long molecules. Two examples are starch found in plants and glycogen found in animals.