Chemistry For Today: General, Organic, And Biochemistry, Loose-leaf Version
Chemistry For Today: General, Organic, And Biochemistry, Loose-leaf Version
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ISBN: 9781305968707
Author: Spencer L. Seager
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.5E
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A carbohydrate in terms of the functional groups is to be defined.

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Carbohydrates are the polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones or in another word the substances that give polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones are called carbohydrates. Generally they contain hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as water and typically can be broken down to release energy in the animal body

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