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The document discusses important carbohydrate terms including hexoses, glycosuria, emotional glycosuria, alimentary glucosuria, galactosemia, and fructosemia.

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Important Terms

The document discusses important carbohydrate terms including hexoses, glycosuria, emotional glycosuria, alimentary glucosuria, galactosemia, and fructosemia.

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BIOCHEMISTRY

Carbohydrates
Important Terms:
Hexoses - six-carbon sugars, are the most common of all the
carbohydrates. (ex.glucose, fructose, galactose)
Glycosuria- presence of sugar in the urine.
Emotional glycosuria- presence of sugar in the urine due to extreme
excitement.
Alimentary glucosuria- presence of sugar in the urine due to ingestion of
large amounts of sugar.
Galactosemia- a severe inherited disease, results in the inability of infants to
metabolize galactose because of deficiency of either the enzyme
galactose 1-phosphate uridyl transferase of the enzyme
galactokinase.
Fructosemia- fructose intolerance, is an inherited disease due to a deficiency
of the enzyme fructose 1-phosphate aldolase.

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