BMSC 200 Study Guide - Disaccharide, Maltase, Sucrose

THE DISACCHARIDASES LOCATED IN THE BRUSH BORDER MEMBRANE OF THE SMALL INTESTINE CELLS FURTHER REDUCE DISACCHARIDES AND POLYSACCHARIDES INTO THE ABSORBABLE MONOSACCHARIDE UNITS OF GLUCOSE, GALACTOSE, AND FRUCTOSE.

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Glucose and galactose are components of many disaccharides,oliogsaccharides, and polysaccharides. Sort these commoncarbohydrates to indicate if they contain glucose, galactose, orboth.

Items (6 items) (Drag and drop into the appropriate areabelow)

• Lacto-N-tetraose
• Maltose
• Raffinose
• Starch
• Sucrose
• Lactose

1. Which of the following statements is false?

a. solid lipids are called fat

b. liquid lipids are called oil

c. fats float on water

d. oil floats on water

e. fats and oils generally are more soluble than fatty acids

2. When forming a dissacharide maltose from two glucose monosaccharids

a. H2o is eliminated

b. a hemiacetal is converted to an acetal

c. the resulting dissaccharide is no longer a reducing sugar

d. A and B

e. A, B and C