Carbohydrates and lipids both contain carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (0); proteins contain these three elements plus one or more from nitrogen (N), sulphur (S) and phosphorous (P).
Regarding this, are all carbohydrates polymers?
All carbohydrates are not polymer. Simple sugars are members of the carbohydrate group that are not considered polymers.
Then, which element is not present in carbohydrates? Nitrogen is the major atom that is present in amino acids that are not present in carbohydrates.
Beside above, which elements are not found in carbohydrates?
Explanation: Proteins, carbohydrates and lipids are made from three basic molecules: carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. However, all proteinscontain an element not found in carbohydrates and lipids is nitrogen.
Why carbohydrate is most abundant?
No doubt glucose is involved in a great number of biochemical reactions in organisms but cellulose is present in the cell wall of the green plants and algae and so it can be considered most abundant.