SEQ OF Carbohydrates, Biochemistry Department AIMC

UHS TABULATION FOR CHO 1 SEQ WITH 4 MCQ

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Q: 1 a What is Mutarotation ?
b) Define disaccharides .Give three examples .write down their
product of hydrolysis?
Q: 2 a) What are glycosaminoglycans.
b) Describe important functions of hyaluronic acid in body.
Q: 3a) Describe oxidation & reduction of monosaccharide along
with examples. (2)
b) Write Howarth projection of the following:
a) D-GLUCOSE, SUCROSE & LACTOSE.
Q.4. (a).What are homopolysaccharides? Give examples and write
one major function they perform in our body. 3
(b). Define:
o Anomers.
o Enantiomers.
o Epimers.
Q.5. (a). Discuss the structure and function of three biochemically
important diasaccharides.
(b). give two important differences between: .
Amylose and Amylopectin.
Cellulose and Glycogen.
Q.6. A patient suffered a severe road traffic accident and is in state
of shock after profuse bleeding. in the emergency room he is given
dextran.
(a). What is the role of dextran in this special case?
(b).By which mechanism this substance plays its role?

Q:7

a)Describe mucopolysaccharidoses?

b) What is the underlying pathology and clinical features of Hunter

& Hurler syndrome? How it is treated ?
Q:8a) Define glycosaminoglycans How they are classified .
b) Write a short note on keratan sulphate.Give its composition
and uses .
Q:9 What is the difference between Proteoglycans and
Glycoproteins .Give functions of each.
Q:10 6 month old child brought to the OPD by her mother, she
complained of continuous loose diarrhea after feeding . Her baby is
not gaining proper weight.The clinician also noted dehydration.
Following are questions regarding above case
a).What is your Probable diagnosis
b).What is the cause of diarrhoea in above case

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c).What will be the mode of treatment in above case

Q:11 a) An old man visited to the eye OPD of hospital he was
examined and diagnosed diabetic induced cataract, following are the
questions regarding above case
Which of the sugar is responsible for the formation of cataract in
diabetic patients
Which of the reduction product of sugar is mainly involved in
cataract formation

b)Decscribe oxidation and reduction of monosaccharides along

with examples.
b)Decscribe oxidation and reduction of monosaccharides along
with examples.
Q:12 a)What is mutarotation?Give example.
b)Discuss biomedical importance of hexoses. .

Q:13 A 76 year old women who is bed bound in a nursing home

begins to develop swellings of her left leg.She is evaluated with
venous Doppler ultrasound and is found to have a deep vein
thrombosis(formation of blood clot)
a) What drug treatment should immediately be started ?
b) Write down the composition of the given drug .
Q:14.A patient suffered a severe road traffic accident and is in a
state of shock after profuse bleeding in the emergency room he is
given mannitol:
a) What is the role of mannitol in this special case?
b) By which mechanism this substance plays its role ?
Q15. Differentiate between the following:
a) insulin and inulin.
b) dextrin and dextran
c) ribose and deoxyribose.
Q16. Why sucrose is called non reducing sugar
Q17. What is biomedical importance of Glucose in our body?
Q 18.Why fructose sugar is recommended in diabetes
Q19. What is NANA? Give its role
Q 20.What is biological importance of Dietary Fiber?
Q21 Briefly explain O & N linkage of Oligosacchride

Write clinical importance of the following

Dietary fiber
Dextran
Inulin
Glycosides
Lactulose (as a drug this is not Lactose)
Artificial sweeteners