FOOD CHEMISTRY
CARBOHYDRATES PROTEINS AND LIPIDS
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Question
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All carbohydrate names end with which ending:
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ise
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ase
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ese
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ose
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Chemists assign names ending in “-ose” to all carbohydrates, whether sugars or starches. Many of these sugar “-oses” are unique chemical compounds and are known by unique names, although they are all sweet to varying degrees.
Detailed explanation-2: -Note that sugar names often end in “ose”: sucrose, dextrose, maltose, lactose, etc. Sucrose is the chemical name for sugar that comes from the cane and beet sugar plants.
Detailed explanation-3: –ose 2. a suffix used in chemical terminology to form the names of sugars and other carbohydrates (amylose; fructose; hexose; lactose), and of protein derivatives (proteose).
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