Organic Molecules

Organic molecules are the chemicals of life, compounds composed of more than one type of element that are found in, and produced by, living organisms. The four major classes of organic molecules include carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids are much more similar, their similarity are describe are describe below:

Carbohydrates

The term carbohydrates is actually a descriptor of what these molecules are composed of; “carbon hydrates,” in a ratio of one carbon molecule to one water molecule (CH2O)n.

The word saccharide is a handy synonym for carbohydrate, because it can be preceded with a prefix that indicates the size of ...