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Carbohydrates and lipids/fats are a very important part of our lives. They have many similarities
and differences among each other, which distinguish them from other macromolecules.

Carbohydrates, which include sugar and their polymers, are used by organisms for fuel and
building material. They come in many various forms going from simplicity to complexity. The
simplest, monosaccharides, compose of single sugars whose parts are arranged around
asymmetric carbons. They generally have a molecular formula that is a multiple of CH2O.
Glucose, the most common monosaccharide, is of central importance in the chemistry of life.
Energy is stored in glucose materials and extracts cells in the process of cellular respiration.
When two monosaccharides join by covalently bonding through glycosidic linkage, they form a
disaccharide, or double sugar. If more than two, such as hundreds and thousands bond, they form
polysaccharides, or macromolecules.

There are two main......

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