CHM 418 Theory Questions: Food Chemistry: Glycosides, Pungency Formation, and Sugar Conversions

400 Level Chemistry Department exam questions and detailed answers. Download the answers in document format. Correct, detailed, and straightforward answers.

Questions:

1. Give the structure of thioglycoside and describe its roles in foods.

2. Describe in chemical terms how goitrogen may lead to the production of pungency in foods.

3. Show chemically the conversion of glucose to glucitol and state the importance of this conversion in the food industry.

4. Using chemically balanced equation(s), explain how pyruvic acid can be obtained from 2-phosphoglyceric acid.

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