Template:Carbohydrates

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v • d • e Types of Carbohydrates General: Aldose · Ketose · Pyranose · Furanose Geometry Cyclohexane conformation · Anomer · Mutarotation Monosaccharides Trioses Ketotriose (Dihydroxyacetone) · Aldotriose (Glyceraldehyde) Tetroses Ketotetrose (Erythrulose) · Aldotetroses (Erythrose, Threose) Pentoses Ketopentose (Ribulose, Xylulose) Aldopentose (Ribose, Arabinose, Xylose, Lyxose) Deoxy sugar (Deoxyribose) Hexoses Ketohexose (Psicose, Fructose, Sorbose, Tagatose) Aldohexose (Allose, Altrose, Glucose, Mannose, Gulose, Idose, Galactose, Talose) Deoxy sugar (Fucose, Fuculose, Rhamnose) >6 Heptose (Sedoheptulose) · Octose · Nonose (Neuraminic acid) Multiple Disaccharides Sucrose · Lactose · Maltose  · Trehalose · Turanose · Cellobiose Trisaccharides Raffinose · Melezitose · Maltotriose Tetrasaccharides Acarbose · Stachyose Other oligosaccharides Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) · Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) · Mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS) Polysaccharides Glucose/Glucan: Glycogen · Starch (Amylose, Amylopectin) · Cellulose · Dextrin/Dextran · Beta-glucan (Zymosan, Lentinan, Sizofiran)  · Maltodextrin Fructose/Fructan: Inulin · Levan beta 2→6 Mannose/Mannan Galactose/Galactan N-Acetylglucosamine: Chitin Major families of biochemicals Saccharides/Carbohydrates/Glycosides · Amino acids/Peptides/Proteins/Glycoproteins · Lipids/Terpenes/Steroids/Carotenoids · Alkaloids/Nucleobases/Nucleic acids · Cofactors/Phenylpropanoids/Polyketides/Tetrapyrroles