2. TOPIC PAGE NO
DEFINITION 3
CLASSIFICATION OF CARBOHYDRATES 4
ISOMERISM 5
POLYSACCHRIDES 9
CARBOHYDRATES ANALYSIS 11
3. DEFINITION:
Carbohydrates or sugars are polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones.
It’s a group of compound occurring in living tissues and food in the form of starch,
cellulose and sugars .
Emperical formula of carbohydrates is CH2O
Carbohydrates hydrolyses into simplest sugar (monosaccharide) called glucose.