A-Level Biology Specification

Edexcel B 9BI0

Section 1.1: Carbohydrates

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#1.1i

Know the difference between monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides.

#1.1ii

Know the structure of the hexose glucose (alpha and beta) and the pentose ribose.

#1.1iii

Understand how monosaccharides (glucose, fructose, galactose) join to form disaccharides (sucrose, lactose and maltose) and polysaccharides (starch formed from amylose and amylopectin; glycogen) through condensation reactions forming glycosidic bonds, and how these can be split through hydrolysis reactions.

#1.1iv

Understand how the structure of glucose, starch, glycogen and cellulose relates to their function.