carbohydrate

Also known as carb, carbohydrates, saccharide

thumb|class=skin-invert-image|upright=1.25|Lactose is a [[disaccharide found in animal milk. It consists of a molecule of D-galactose and a molecule of D-glucose bonded by beta-1-4 glycosidic linkage.]]

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A carbohydrate is a type of molecule made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, often consisting of simple sugars bonded together—like lactose, which combines two different sugars found in milk. Carbohydrates matter because they are fundamental building blocks in nature and in the foods we eat, providing structure and energy in living organisms.

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Research

2,721,533 papers

Carbohydrate and exercise.Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care · 1999
Emergence and significance of carbohydrate-specific antibodies.Genes and immunity · 2020
Carbohydrate flow through agricultural ecosystems: Implications for synthesis and microbial conversion of carbohydrates.Biotechnology advances · 2023
Carbohydrate-based therapeutics.The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology · 2004
Carbohydrate analysis.Current problems in clinical biochemistry · 1984

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Contents

Terminology
Saccharides
Complex carbohydrates
History
Nutrition
Glycemic index
Health effects of dietary carbohydrate restriction
Sources
Metabolism
Catabolism
Analytical tools
High-resolution mass spectrometry (MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
Multiple reaction monitoring (MRM)
Chemical synthesis and manipulation of carbohydrates
See also
References
Further reading
External links

A carbohydrate () is a sugar (saccharide) or a sugar derivative. For the simplest carbohydrates, the carbon-to-hydrogen-to-oxygen atomic ratio is 1:2:1, i.e. they are often represented by the empirical formula {{chem2|(CH2O)_{n} }}. Together with amino acids, fats, and nucleic acids, the carbohydrates are one of the major families of biomolecules.