Do Sugars Contain Nitrogen?

Derivatives of amine containing sugars, such as N-acetylglucosamine and sialic acid, whose nitrogens are part of more complex functional groups rather than formally being amines, are also considered amino sugars.

What elements do sugars contain?

The white stuff we know as sugar is sucrose, a molecule composed of 12 atoms of carbon, 22 atoms of hydrogen, and 11 atoms of oxygen (C12H22O11). Like all compounds made from these three elements, sugar is a carbohydrate.

Is there nitrogen in sugar molecules?

Chemistry of Simple Sugars. Simple sugars are single molecules, whereas more complex sugars are more than one molecule joined together by chemical bonds. Sugars are made up of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen; no nitrogen, except for amino sugars.

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