carbohydrates

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    How to show stereochemistry of chair conformational functional groups?

    Anomeric centre (alpha and beta) - CAZypedia Scroll down to the bottom of the page I tried to emulate the B-D-glucofuranose functional group, but I am unsure.
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    Digestion

    Why is it that dipeptides and tripeptides can be absorbed in the intestinal wall but disaccharides have to be broken down to monosaccharides to be absorbed? Thank you!
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