Carbohydrates. BIOMEDICAL IMPORTANCE Carbohydrates are widely distributed in plants and animals; they have important structural and metabolic roles. In.
1. Carbon is the second most abundant element in living organisms. 2.Carbon can share four electrons, therefore it can bond to four additional atoms.
B.Sc. Biochem II Biomolecules I U 1 Carbohydrate
Polysaccharides. Polysaccharides are polymers of D-glucose Important polysaccharides are: Starch (Amylose and Amylopectin) Glycogen Cellulose.
Poly saccharides
DR AMINA TARIQ BIOCHEMISTRY. 2 types: HOMO polysaccharides (all 1 type of monomer) glycogen, starch, cellulose, chitin HETERO polysaccharides (different.
POLYSACCHARIDES