OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOCHEMISTRY
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Question
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lipids
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proteins
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nucleic acids
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carbohydrates
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Detailed explanation-1: -Carbohydrates are made of carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O), or CHO, in an approximate ratio of 1:2:1. All sugars are carbohydrates. Another word for sugar is saccharide.
Detailed explanation-2: -Carbohydrates are organic species having carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms in a ratio of 1:2:1.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ratio of carbon to hydrogen to oxygen in carbohydrate molecules is 1:2:1. The component carbon (C, carbo-) and the component water (H20, -hydrate) give the name to this group of organic molecules.
Detailed explanation-4: -Carbohydrates are molecules composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; the ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen and carbon atoms is 2:1.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hence the hydrogen oxygen ration in carbohydrates is 2:1.