Carbohydrates-Definition classification and Examples
Channel: Sourav creativity..
Date: 15/09/2021

Definition- polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketone or compounds which produce them on hydrolysis
Monosaccharides- simple sugar unit, can't be hydrolyzed further            
further classified on the basis of  no of carbon atoms and   functional group  
Disaccharides  - lactose, maltose, sucrose Oligosaccharides-  Rhamnose,Stachyose, Raffinose
Polysaccharides- Homopolysaccharides and Heteropolysaccharides
Homopolysaccharides
1.Starch
2.Glycogen
3.Cellulose
4.Dextrin
5.Dextran
6.Chitin
7.Inulin

Heteropolysaccharides
1.Agar
2.Agarose
3.Hyaluronic acid
4.chondroitin sulphate
5.keratin sulphate
6.Dermatan sulphate