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Reaction of Glucose: Carbohydrates

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Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates may be defined as


optically active polyhydroxy
aldehydes or ketones or the
compounds which produce such units
on hydrolysis

Difference Types of Monosaccharides

Carbon Atoms General Term Aldehyde Ketone

3 Triose Aldotriose Ketotriose

4 Tetrose Aldotetrose Ketotetrose

5 Pentose Aldopentose Ketopentose

6 Hexose Aldohexose Ketohexose

7 Heptose Aldoheptose Ketoheptose


Reaction of glucose
Cyclic Structure of Glucose

Structure of Fructose
Structure of Fructose Nucleic Acids

Name of Vitamins Sources Deficiency Diseases


Xerophthalmia (hardening of cornea of eye) Night
1. Vitamin A Fish liver oil, carrots, butter and milk
blindness

Yeast, Milk, Green vegetables and cereals


2. Vitamin B Beri beri (loss of appetite, retarded growth)
Milk, egg white, liver, kidney

Cheilosis (fissuring at corners of mouth and lips),


3. Vitamin B2 Milk, egg white, liver, kidney
digestive disorders and burning sensation of the skin

4. Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) Yeast, milk, egg yolk, cereals and grams Convulsions

5. Vitamin B12 Meat, fish, egg and curd Pernicious anaemia (RBC deficient in haemoglobin)

Citrus fruits, amla and green leafy


6. Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) Scurvy (bleeding gums)
vegetables

Rickets (bone deformities in children) and


7. Vitamin D Exposure to sunlight, fish and egg yolk
osteomalacia (soft bones and joint pain in adults)

Vegetable oils like wheat germ oil, sunflower


8. Vitamin E Increased fragility of RBCs and muscular weakness
oil, etc

9. Vitamin K Green leafy vegetables Increased blood clotting time

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