Question

Define carbohydrates and identify their basic subunits?

Answer 1

the carbohydrate may be defined as optically active polyhydroxy aldehyde or kittens all the compounds which produce such units on hydrolysis

Answer 2

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Carbohydrate consist of carbon,hydrogen,oxygen.It carb means carbon, hydr means water, ate means oxygen.

it's subunits are-

*MONOSACCHARIDES- they are simple in structure and are sweet in taste like glucose,fructose.

*polysaccharides-they are complex in structure and they not sweet in taste like starch,cellulose.

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