CHAPTER IV--CARBOHYDRATES

Importance, nomenclature, and classification; groups of carbohydrates; isomeric forms of monosaccharides; chemical constitution of monosaccharides; characteristic reactions of hexoses; the occurrence and properties of monosaccharides; disaccharides; trisaccharides; tetrasaccharides; the relation of molecular configuration to biochemical properties; polysaccharides, dextrosans, levulosans, mannosans, and galactosans; physiological uses and biological significance of carbohydrates; references 30-66