Biochemistry for Nurses

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Composition and Metabolism of Carbohydrates

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

3.1 Introduction to carbohydrates

3.2 Classification of carbohydrates

3.3 Classification of monosaccharides

3.4 Disaccharides

3.5 Polysaccharides

3.6 Oligosaccharides

3.7 Qualitative tests for identification of carbohydrates

3.8 Introduction to carbohydrate metabolism

3.9 Glycolysis

3.10 Gluconeogenesis

3.11 Cori cycle

3.12 Pentose phosphate pathway

3.13 Citric acid cycle

3.14 Glycogenesis

3.15 Glycogenolysis

3.16 Regulation of blood glucose

3.17 Carbohydrate metabolic disorder and diseases, their investigations and interpretation

3.18 Summary of carbohydrate metabolism

3.1 INTRODUCTION to carbohydrates

A carbohydrate is an organic compound with the general formula Cn(H₂