Tag Archives | Features of Carbohydrates

The twenty one outstanding features or characteristics of the carbohydrates are listed below: 1. Three major classes of carbohydrates are monosaccharide's, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. 2. The simplest of carbohydrates are monosaccharide's from which disaccharides, olgosaccharides and polysaccharides are formed. 3. Monosaccharide's are colourless, crystalline solids which are freely soluble in water and insoluble in nonpolar solvents. 4. Two families of [...]