Compounds

Disaccharides - two of the simple sugars joined together in a dehydration reaction. Polysaccharides - many simple sugars strung together in a long chain. Examples include starch and cellulose.

Organic compounds

We are discussing the Chemistry of Life in this lesson...from basic chemistry to the aspects of water and carbon compounds.

main biological functions of lipids include energy storage, signaling, and acting as structural components of cell membranes

Inorganic compounds are of inanimate, not biological, origin

Dipeptide contains 2 amino acids while polypeptides have many amino acids in a chain

Large biological molecules essential for all known forms of life

Inorganic compounds are of inanimate, not biological, origin