Answer to Question #320464 in Biochemistry for Hrithik

Question

Name the simplest carbohydrate. Use this carbohydrate to illustrate the 

meaning of enantiomers by giving examples.

Answer 1

Monosaccharides

Enantiomers are a pair of molecules that exist in two forms that are mirror images of one another but cannot be superimposed one upon the other.

D- and L-glyceraldehyde are mirror images of each other and represent a pair of enantiomers.