Sugar

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-013610",
  "term": "Sugar",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definitions": [
    "A carbohydrate, specifically a saccharide, characterized by a sweet taste and typically containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. These molecules serve as a primary energy source for living organisms and are fundamental building blocks for more complex carbohydrates. Common examples include glucose, fructose, and sucrose, which vary in their monosaccharide or disaccharide structures.",
    "Monosaccharides and the lower oligosaccharides, usually the water-soluble, sweet-tasting carbohydrates such as glucose, fructose and sucrose, grouped together under a loose name. Simple monosaccharides follow the formula (CH2O)n, but a disaccharide such as sucrose, C12H22O11, has one water fewer than the sum of its two monosaccharide units. Their sweetness varies: fructose tastes sweeter than sucrose, which is sweeter than glucose."
  ],
  "subject": [
    "Analytical Chemistry",
    "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "monosaccharides"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2018, 90, 1121. 'Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)' on page 1176 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1120)",
    "PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1367 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/sugar/"
}