Question
Explain the importance of carbohydrate compounds.
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Answer
→Carbohydrates are essential for life in both plants and animals.
→They form a major portion of our food.
→Honey has been used for ayurvedic system of medicine.
→Carbohydrates are used as storage molecules as starch in plants and glycogen in animals.
→Cell wall of bacteria and plants is made up of cellulose.
→We build furniture etc. from cellulose in the form of wood and cloth ourselves in the form of cotton fibre.
→They provide raw materials for many important industries like textiles; paper; lacquers and breweries.
→Two aldopentoses viz. D-ribose and 2-deoxy D-ribose are present in nucleic acids.
→Carbohydrates are found in biosystem in combination with many proteins and lipids.
→They form a major portion of our food.
→Honey has been used for ayurvedic system of medicine.
→Carbohydrates are used as storage molecules as starch in plants and glycogen in animals.
→Cell wall of bacteria and plants is made up of cellulose.
→We build furniture etc. from cellulose in the form of wood and cloth ourselves in the form of cotton fibre.
→They provide raw materials for many important industries like textiles; paper; lacquers and breweries.
→Two aldopentoses viz. D-ribose and 2-deoxy D-ribose are present in nucleic acids.
→Carbohydrates are found in biosystem in combination with many proteins and lipids.
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