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Carbohydrates

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A large number of sugars or saccharides are found in nature. These may occur singly (monosaccharides) or as dimeric, trimeric, oligomeric, or larger aggregates or combined with other compounds as glycosides. Whereas a few sugars are primary metabolites and are ubiquitous in plants (Fig. 15.1), many others are limited in distribution. Some sugars are potent inhibitors of metabolism (Engel, 1992).

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