BIOCHEMISTRY - Textbook - Ostapchenko L. I. - 2012

Chapter 11. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF CARBOHYDRATES

Review Questions

1. From the Monosaccharides listed below, form pairs of diastereomers, enantiomers, epimers, tautomers, and anomers: D-ribose, D-xylose, D-xylulose, L-xylose, D-ribulose, L-galactose, D-glucose, L-mannose, D-galactose, a-D-glucopyranose, a-D-glucofuranose, P-D-glucopyranose, β-D- glucofuranose, D-mannose.

2. Under what conditions are monoses converted into aldonic, aldaric, and uronic acids?

3. What reaction is used for the isolation, identification, and Quantitative determination of monoses?

4. Name the Disaccharides linked by glycoside-glycoside and glycoside-glucoside bonds.

5. Describe the Structure AND Functions of erythrocyte Cell/33.html">Plasma Membrane Glycophorin.



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