Sugar Types

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 Food is stored in the human body as Glycogen.

 Glycogen is stored in the Liver and muscles.


 During starvation, the body first uses Glycogen stores.
 Fats are stored in the human body in Adipose tissue.
 The sweetest sugar is Fructose.
 Sucrose is a Disaccharide.
 Lactose is found only in mammals.
 The sugar found in the hemolymph of insects is Trehalose.
 The sugar found in ATP is Ribose.
 Lactose is composed of Glucose and Galactose.
 Galactose is available in the human body by the hydrolysis of Milk.
 Blood group proteins in humans are composed of glycoproteins.
 For quick energy, one should use Carbohydrates.
 The formation of glucose from non-carbohydrate material is called
Gluconeogenesis.

Monosaccharides Disaccharides Polysaccharids

Glucose Sucrose STARCH

Fructose Lactose GLYCOGEN

Galactose Maltose CELLULOSE

Ribose Trehalose CHITON

Deoxyribose PECTIN

Pentose

Hexose

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