Classification of nutrients by analysis

                i) Organic
Carbohydrate


 
N. F. E.                                                                                                                   C. F.






 
Monosaccharides         Disaccharides        Polysaccharides             Polysaccharides            Lignin
Glucose, fructose,        Sucrose,lactose,     Starch                            Cellulose,
galactose etc                maltose                                                       hemicellulose


Lipid 


 
Simple                                                                                                 Compound






 
   Fatty acid               Sterol                                  Triglyceride               Phospholipid     Waxes
    Palmintic,              Cholesterol
    Oleic

Protein

Essential amino acids       Semiessential amino acids        Nonessential amino acids      N. P. N.
Arginine, histadine           Cysteine,tyrosine                      Alanine, asparagine               Urea



Vitamin

Fat soluble                                   Water soluble                                    Vitamin- C
A,D,E,K                                      B-complex

                                        Choline folic acid etc           B1, B2, B6, B12

ii) Inorganic
Mineral


 
Essential                                                                                               Possible essential
                                                                                                                         eg. Ba, Sn(Tin),
Macro                                                 Micro                                                     Br(Bromin)
eg. Ca, P, Cl, Mg, K, Na, S               eg. Cu, Co, Fe, I, Se, Zn, Se, F(Fluorine),
                                                        Si(Silicon), Mo (Molibdeneum), etc


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