Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are organic compounds. They are hydrates (a compound involving oxygen and hydrogen) of carbon, hence the name. They are also referred to as saccharides because they can be split into sugars. The grouping used tained on this website is based on this. In specialist literature and research, as on this website, carbohydrates are often shortened to cH or CH.
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