Carbohydrates Macromolecule

Running head: CARBOHYDRATE IN HUMAN BODY 1
Carbohydrates Macromolecule
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CARBOHYDRATE IN HUMAN BODY 2
Macromolecule
Carbohydrate macromolecule
Carbohydrate examples
A monosaccharide; which is a white crystalline solid that is composed of a single
ketone or aldehyde as the functional group.
A disaccharide; which is comprised of two monosaccharide that are linked either
through dehydration or condensation synthesis (Prashanth & Tharanathan, 2003).
Structure
Monosaccharide
The elements involved in the formation of the monosaccharide are carbon, oxygen
and hydrogen. Monosaccharide has an unbranched linear carbon skeleton that is consist of one
hydroxyl group (OH) and a carbonyl functional group (C=O) on the other remaining carbons. A
simple monosaccharide can be put down as H(CHOH)n(C=O)(CHOH)mH and n+1+m=x.
Therefore the elemental structure of monosaccharide = CxH2xOx (Matsubara et al, 2017).
Disaccharide
Disaccharide molecule consists of both the glycosidic bond between two
monosaccharide molecules and the hydroxyl (OH) as the functional group. The structure of the
disaccharides is similar to that of the monosaccharide only that the two molecules of the
monosaccharide are connected by the glycoside linkage. The resulting molecules are 12- carbons