Carbohydrates
What is an isomer?
This type of lipid is found in animals and is solid at room temperature.
What is fat?
The number of unique amino acids produced in humans.
What is twenty?
The color of a positive iodine test for starch.
What is black?
Chemical process of breaking down a substance by adding water.
Two monosaccharides may be joined to form this type of simple sugar.
What is a disaccharide?
This type of fatty acid contains double bonds in the hydrocarbon tail.
What is an unsaturated fatty acid?
The NH2 functional group.
What is the amino group?
The color of a positive biuret's test for proteins.
What is purple?
Peptide bonds, glyosidic bonds, and ester linkages are formed through this chemical process.
What is dehydration synthesis?
What is a condensation reaction?
This is the storage carbohydrate found in animals.
What is glycogen?
What is glycerol?
This is the three dimensional arrangement of two or more polypeptides.
What is the quaternary structure?
The color for a negative benedict's test for sugar.
What is blue?
A chemical bond, represented as -COO-.
What is an ester bond?
What is an ester linkage?
This polysaccharide is the most abundant organic molecule on the planet due to its presence in plant cell walls.
What is cellulose?
This functional group forms the "head' of the fatty acid.
What is the carboxyl group?
This fibrous protein is found in our skin and tendons.
What is collagen?
The liquid in which a lipid may be dissolved during an emulsion test.
A person with this genetic condition has an amino acid substitution in their haemoglobin which impacts the blood's ability to carry oxygen.
What is sickle cell anaemia?
Starch is a mixture of these two substances, both formed by alpha glucose monomers.
What are amylose and amylopectin?
This lipid is the precursor for all steroids in your body.
What is cholesterol?
This type of strong covalent bond forms between cysteine molecules.
What are disulfide bonds?
If a negative benedict's test occurs, heat the solution with this chemical to break down non-reducing sugars into monosaccharides.
What is hydrochloric acid?
The functional group on an alcohol molecule.
What is the hydroxyl group?