Essential nutrients
These are the organic compounds present in the food that provide nourishment essential for the development and growth of our body. Nutrients not only provide us with the required energy to carry out various biological processes but are also the building blocks for repair and growth in our bodies.
Vitamins
The vitamins are organic molecules required in low concentration for the proper functioning of the body. They cannot be generated in the organism and are taken into the body through the diet. The lack of proper vitamins results in diverse deficiency disorders. They are thus called essential nutrients. The important vitamins are vitamin A, vitamin B complex, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin K, and vitamin E.
What is the molecular formula of glucose? How can its structural formula be described?
Carbohydrates are defined as the compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that contain polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or compounds that can be hydrolyzed to them. The general formula of carbohydrates is Cn(H2O)n. Carbohydrates are classified into monosaccharides (cannot be hydrolyzed), oligosaccharides (made up of two to ten units of monosaccharides), and polysaccharides (hundreds or thousands of monosaccharides units are present).
Glucose is a monosaccharide. The molecular formula of glucose is C6H12O6. Glucose is an aldohexose sugar, which means it contains six carbons and an aldehyde group. The structure of glucose can either be in an open chain or in a cyclic form.
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