The literal meaning of carbohydrates is "Hydrated Carbons", carbohydrates are the polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones or those substances which yield polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones upon hydrolysis.
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Friday, 17 March 2017
What are blood capillaries?
Blood capillaries are the smallest blood vessels having single cell layer of epithelia and is interwoven throughout the body tissues.
What are C4 plants?
C4 plants are those plants which can photosynthesize in hot and dry climates at a faster rate than the C3 plants due to special leaf anatomy and a unique biochemical pathway which includes fixing of sunlight energy that is the photons into four carbon containing sugar intermediate.
Sunday, 12 March 2017
What is an ATP molecule?
ATP, Abbreviated for Adenosin Tri Phosphate is a primary energy storage molecule in cells. Large amounts of energy are stored in bonds of the three phosphate groups that make up an ATP molecule.
Define Absorption Spectrum.
It is the region of the spectrum of electromegnetic energy consisting usually of visible light that is absorbed by a particular molecule or atom is called as absorption spectrum.