Carbohydrates are one of the three main types of foods, known as macronutrients, along with proteins and fats. A carbohydrate is an organic compound with a general empirical formula of approximately Cm(H 2 O), that is, consists only of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, with a hydrogen:oxygen ...
Carbohydrate metabolism Carbohydrate metabolismdenotes the variousbiochemicalprocesses responsible for theformation,breakdownand interconversion ofcarbohydratesin living organisms. The most important carbohydrate isglucose, a simple sugar (monosaccharide) that is metabolized by nearly all known organisms. Glucose and...
Related to Carbohydrate metabolism:glycolysis car·bo·hy·drate (kär′bō-hī′drāt′) n. 1.Any of a group of organic compounds, including sugars, starches, celluloses, and gums, that contain only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and that originate chiefly as products of photosynthesis. Carbo...
Carbohydrate Metabolism and Hormone-Fuel InterrelationshipsCarbohydrates [named for their empirical formula, (CH 2 O) n ] include simple sugars (monosaccharides), disaccharides consisting of two linked sugars, and polysaccharides such as the glucose storage polymer glycogen....
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Controlled dietary studies with formula diets in normal subjects and in patients with type IV hyperglyceridemia were performed, comparing high fat (65�... G Schlierf,W Reinheimer,V Stossberg - 《Nutrition & Metabolism》 被引量: 88发表: 1971年 ...
Carbohydrate Metabolism Carbohydrates serve as energy sources and as structural elements in cells and are essential to several metabolic processes. Carbohydrates consist of oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon in the formula of CnH2nOn, with the predominant carbohydrate in living cells being glucose. We offer...
CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM Carbohydrate metabolism means the various biochemical processes responsible for the formation, breakdown and interconversion of carbohydrates in living organisms. All carbohydrates share a general formula of approximately CnH2nOn; glucose is C6H12O6. Monosaccharides may be chemically bonde...
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License From their general formula Cn(H2O)n; they were once thought to behydratesof carbon. Support Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the wordcarbohydrate....
We conclude that response to CHO restriction may be an operational definition for MetS and that a likely mechanism is the control of insulin metabolism. Finally, we side with those who maintain that MetS is a real thing in the sense that the concomitant appearance of several symptoms may ...