What are the nature of sugar
Carbohydrates, also known as carbohydrates, are the most abundant and most widely distributed organic compounds in nature. Mainly by the carbon, hydrogen, oxygen composition. Glucose, sucrose, starch and cellulose all belong to carbohydrates.
Carbohydrate compounds are the main source of energy required for all living organisms to sustain life activities. It is not only nutritious, but also some have special physiological activity. For example: liver heparin has anticoagulant effect; blood type of sugar and immune activity. In addition, the nucleic acid composition also contains carbohydrate-ribose and deoxyribose. Therefore, the carbohydrate compounds for medicine, has a more important significance.
Carbohydrates are composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen three elements, because it contains the proportion of hydrogen and oxygen for two to one, and water, it is called carbohydrates. It is the body to provide heat for the three main nutrients in the cheapest nutrients. Carbohydrates in food are divided into two categories: people can absorb the use of effective carbohydrates such as monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides and people can not digest the ineffective carbohydrates such as cellulose, which is essential for the human body.
