Common Elements:

Main Dietary Sources

1. Foods high in sugar

1. Carbon (C)

2. Wheat, oats, rice

2. Hydrogen (H)

3. Potatoes and other starchy vegetables

3. Oxygen (O)

Monosaccharides

Oligosaccharide

Disaccharides
Polysaccharide

Carbohydrates are Polymers.

Monomer:

Main Functions in the Cell

1. Energy storage
2. Main component of cell walls

Sugar (Monosaccharide)

Main Dietary Sources

Common Elements:

1. Seafood and meats

1. Carbon (C)

2. Milk and other dairy products

2. Hydrogen (H)
3. Oxygen (O)

3. Eggs

4. Nitrogen (N)

4. Beans

5. Sulfur (S)

Polypeptides

Proteins are Polymers.

Monomer:

Protein

Main Functions in the Cell

1. Enzymes speed up chemical reactions
2. Fibrous proteins provide cell structure

Amino Acid

3. Transport proteins help particles pass through

the cell membrane

Common Elements:

Main Dietary Sources

1. Vegetables like beans, peas, and spinach

1. Carbon (C)
2. Hydrogen (H)

2. Meats and seafood

3. Oxygen (O)

3. Liver

4. Nitrogen (N)
5. Phosphorous (P)

6.
RNA

DNA

Nucleotide

ATP
Nucleic Acids are Polymers.
Monomer:

Main Functions in the Cell

1. Store and transmit the information for
making proteins

Nucleotide

2. ATP is a nucleotide and the energy currency

of the cell

Common Elements:

Main Dietary Sources

1. Vegetable and canola oils

1. Carbon (C)

2. Fatty meats like beef and pork

2. Hydrogen (H)

3. Milk, butter and cheese

3. Oxygen (O)
Phospholipids

Fats, Oils and Waxes

Triglycerides

Wax

Fatty Acids
Castor Oil

Steroids

Main Functions in the Cell

Testosterone

1. Energy storage
2. Main component of cell membranes
Cholesterol