| Term | Definition |
|---|
| glycosidic | bond between 2 monosaccharides |
| beta glucose | monomer in cellulose |
| hydrolysis | type of reaction when maltose is broken into 2 glucoses |
| glycogen | animal storage carbohydrate |
| amylose | spiral chains of alpha glucose - stored in plants |
| condensation | reaction where water is produced |
| H cross links | bond that gives strength to cellulose microfibrils |
| disaccharide + water | 2 monosaccharides joined together from this |
| polysaccharide | 1000s of monosaccharides joined together |
| alpha glucose | form of glucose found in glycogen |
| above | position of H on carbon 1 in alpha glucose |
| branching | what makes glycogen so compact |
| respiration | reaction in which glucose releases energy as ATP |
| support | role of cellulose in plant cell wall |
| sucrose | name of sugar which is non-reducing |
| Benedict's | solution used to test for reducing sugar |
| alkali | used ot neutralise boiled acid in non-reducing sugar test |
| orange | colour of positive reducing sugar test |
| colorimeter | apparatuse used to measure light transmission ( sugar precipitate) |
| calibration | curve used to read off the concentration of reducing sugar |
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