Research article

http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/jspui/handle/10413/604


     This articles is about the special carbohydrates that are found in avocados.  Heptose is very rare and only found in nature in avocodo's.These carbohydrates are a source of energy, storage and phloem-mobile transport sugars, and precursors for formation of antioxidants.  Heptose carbohydrates have increasing interest because it has multifunctional roles.  The complex name for these carbohydrates in Heptoses D-mannoheptulose.  This carbohydrate is found in the soft edible part of the avocado and is prestent in all growth stages of the avocado. 


     I choose to research this articles because it was enteresting.  I don't think that this knowledge will help us in the future but it does help us understand the way that fruits grow.  The reason this article intersested me so much was because heptose carbohydrates are only found naturaly in avocodos.  The heptose carbohydrate is the only carbohydrate that I had heard of that had more than one function.  I did research and it turned that I hadn't heard of a dual function carbohydrate for a reason.  The heptose carbohydrate is the only carbohydrate that is known about that serves more than one purpose.  This makes the avocado very rare and something that many scietists will research.  That in my opinion is really awesome and is the reason why I chose to do my research article on the heptose carbohydrates in avocados.