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CARBOHYDRATES 



Sugars 



Monosaccharides (aldoses and ketoses) 

 Tr loses 

 Tetroses 

 Pentoses 

 Hexoses etc. 

 Oligosaccharides 

 Disaccharides 

 Trisaccharides etc. 

 Sugar derivatives 

 Alcohols 

 Acids 

 Esters 

 Glycosides 

 Polysaccharides (glycans) 

 Hexosans 

 Glucans 

 Fructans 

 Galactans 

 Mannans 

 Glucomannans 

 Galactomannans 

 Pentosans 

 Xylans 

 Arabans 

 Glycouronans (polyuronides) 

 Glucouronans 

 Galactouronans 



FIGURE 2-1: OUTLINE OF THE CARBOHYDRATES 



