Sunday, March 8, 2009

Mnemonic to remember monosaccharides and disaccharides


Note:
- To form dissacharides, glucose is involved in all 3 reactions.
- Galactose and lactose are obviously in one reaction.
To help you with memorising, I suggest using Mnemonics:
GGM: Go Grand Ma! - Glucose + Glucose --> Maltose
GFS: Go Father Son! - Glucose + Fructose --> Sucrose
GGL: Go Good Luck! - Glucose + Galactose --> Lactose
What are Mnemonics? Read the following links:
Try coming up with your own Mnemonics for other information, be it for your science or humanities subjects! :)

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