Types Structures Functions. Characteristics properties *Though not detailed, can be easily to understand.

1. CARBOHYDRATES

2. Talk about
• What
• Function
• Structure
• Classification
• Properties
• Characteristic

3. What is?
• Carbohydrates are the sugars, starches and
fibers found in fruits, grains, vegetables and
milk products. Though often maligned in trendy
diets, carbohydrates — one of the basic food
groups — are important to a healthy life.
• Carbohydrates are macronutrients, meaning
they are one of the three main ways the body
obtains energy, or calories
• They are called carbohydrates because, at the
chemical level, they contain carbon, hydrogen
and oxygen.

4. • Carbohydrates are chief energy source, in many
animals, they are instant source of energy. Glucose is
broken down by glycolysis/ kreb's cycle to yield ATP.
• Glucose is the source of storage of energy. It is stored
as glycogen in animals and starch in plants.
• Stored carbohydrates acts as energy source instead of
proteins.
• Carbohydrates are intermediates in biosynthesis of
fats and proteins.
• Carbohydrates aid in regulation of nerve tissue and is
the energy source for brain.
• Carbohydrates gets associated with lipids and proteins
to form surface antigens, receptor molecules,
vitamins and antibiotics.
FUNCTION

5. • They form structural and protective components,
like in cell wall of plants and microorganisms.
• In animals they are important constituent of
connective tissues.
• They participate in biological transport, cell-cell
communication and activation of growth factors.
• Carbohydrates that are rich in fibre content help
to prevent constipation.
• Also they help in modulation of immune system.

6. Structure
•Open chain structure
•Hemi-acetal structure
•Haworth structure

10. Classifications
Monosaccharide
Oligosaccharide
Polysaccharide

13. Properties
• Carbohydrates act as energy reserves, also stores
fuels, and metabolic intermediates.
• Ribose and deoxyribose sugars forms the structural
frame of the genetic material, RNA and DNA.
• Polysaccharides like cellulose are the structural
elements in the cell walls of bacteria and plants.
• Carbohydrates are linked to proteins and lipids
that play important roles in cell interactions.
• Carbohydrates are organic compounds, they are
aldehydes or ketones with many hydroxyl groups.

15. Characteristics
• They have carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen,
often in a ratio of or near 1:2:1.
• They are polar and therefore hydrophilic.
• Monomers often form ring structures in
water
• Individual carbohydrate molecules (called
monomers) can bind together forming
polymers of many individual carbohydrate
molecules attached together. An example of a
carbohydrate monomer is glucose with the
chemical formula of C6H12O6.

16. •THAT’S ALL