Carbohydrates in Chiral Pool || Chiron Approach #carbohydrates
Channel: PaathShaaala
Date: 08/05/2021

Carbohydrates are the most abundant class of organic compounds found in living organisms. They originate as products of photosynthesis, an endothermic reductive condensation of carbon dioxide requiring light energy and the pigment chlorophyll.
As noted here, the formulas of many carbohydrates can be written as carbon hydrates, Cn(H2O)n, hence their name. 
Carbohydrates are a major source of metabolic energy, both for plants and for animals that depend on plants for food. 
Aside from the sugars and starches that meet this vital nutritional role, carbohydrates also serve as a structural material (cellulose), a component of the energy transport compound ATP, recognition sites on cell surfaces, and one of three essential components of DNA and RNA.
Carbohydrates are called saccharides or if they are relatively small called sugars.