IPHY 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Guar Gum, Diverticulosis, Corn Syrup
5 Oct 2016
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An important energy source, especially for nerve cells. Composed of the atoms carbon, hydrogen, oxygen. Galactose (add glucose to each one of those to get the disaccharides: disaccharides. The most abundant carbohydrate in the diet. Principal form of carbohydrate found in blood. Found in plants as a component of disaccharides and complex carbohydrates. The preferred source of energy for the rain. An important source of energy for all cells. Plants store glucose as polysaccharides in the form of starch. Our cells cannot use complex starch molecules as they exist in plants. We must digest (break down) starch to glucose. Grains , legumes, and tubers are good sources of dietary starch. Animals (including humans) store glucose as a polysaccharide in the form of glycogen. Not found in food and therefore not a source of dietary carbohydrate. Non-digestible cho with known health effects, which is extracted from plants and added to foods and supplements.
