D-Glucose units joined by beta-1,4?-glycosidic linkages are not digestible by humans because____________.
A) humans lack the enzyme necessary to hydrolyze this linkage
B) all groups being equatorial in the glucose rings make the chains too stable to digest
C) it is a glycoside and, therefore, indigestible
D) it is unbranched and, therefore, indigestible
E) all the above
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Q1: Which of the following terms best describes
Q2: D and L notations used in describing
Q3: Which of the following carbohydrates is D-glucose?
A)
Q4: How many stereoisomeric D-2-ketohexoses are possible?
A) 1
B)
Q5: Which reagent(s) will selectively react with aldoses
Q6: The Kiliani-Fischer synthesis (below) gives which two
Q7: Which of the following D-hexoses can be
Q8: Which of the following Haworth projections is
Q9: Which D-aldohexose in its beta-D-pyranose form has
Q10: Which of the following is a reducing
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