Category:Carbohydrates

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General

Geometry

Dioses	Aldodiose Glycolaldehyde
Trioses	Aldotriose Glyceraldehyde Ketotriose Dihydroxyacetone
Tetroses	Aldotetroses Erythrose Threose Ketotetrose Erythrulose
Pentoses	Aldopentoses Arabinose Lyxose Ribose Xylose Ketopentoses Ribulose Xylulose Deoxy sugars Deoxyribose
Hexoses	Aldohexoses Allose Altrose Galactose Glucose Gulose Idose Mannose Talose Ketohexoses Fructose Psicose Sorbose Tagatose Deoxy sugars Fucose Fuculose Rhamnose
Heptoses	Ketoheptoses Mannoheptulose Sedoheptulose
Above 7	Octoses Nonoses Neuraminic acid

Multiple

Disaccharides	Cellobiose Isomaltose Isomaltulose Lactose Lactulose Maltose Sucrose Trehalose Turanose
Trisaccharides	Maltotriose Melezitose Raffinose
Tetrasaccharides	Stachyose
Other oligosaccharides	Acarbose Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) Galactooligosaccharide (GOS) Isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) Maltodextrin
Polysaccharides	Beta-glucan Oat beta-glucan Lentinan Sizofiran Zymosan Cellulose Chitin Chitosan Dextrin / Dextran Fructose / Fructan Inulin Galactose / Galactan Glucose / Glucan Glycogen Hemicellulose Levan beta 2→6 Lignin Mannan Pectin Starch Amylopectin Amylose Xanthan gum

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The main article for this category is Carbohydrate .

Carbohydrates (literally hydrates of carbon) are chemical compounds, which together with proteins, lipids (fats), and nucleic acids (RNA/DNA), constitute the 4 principal biological macromolecules of which all life on Earth is composed. Together with lipids, carbohydrates are the primary means by which living organisms store energy.