Absorption Of Carbohydrates

Absorption Of Carbohydrates

absorption of carbohydrates.
Answer.

Absorption Of Carbohydrates

• Carbohydrate digestion is complete when the food materials reach the small intestine and all complex carbohydrates like starch and glycogen and disaccharides are ultimately converted to monosaccharides
• All monosaccharides are completely absorbed from the small intestine
• No carbohydrates higher than monosaccharides can be absorbed directly into the blood and if administered intravenously are eliminated as foreign bodies

Mechanisms Of Absorption

There are 4 mechanisms for carbohydrate absorption:

• Simple diffusion
• Facilitated transport
• Active transport
• Glut2 transport

Question 6. storage of carbohydrates.
Answer.

• Carbohydrates are stored in animals body in the form of glycogen.
• Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals.
• It is also known as animal starch
• Glycogen primarily stored in the cells of the liver and muscles.
• During starvation, glycogen act as primary source of energy by providing ATPs.