label: carbohydrates and carbohydrate derivatives
label_lc: carbohydrates and carbohydrate derivatives
description: "Any organooxygen compound that is a polyhydroxy-aldehyde or -ketone, or a compound derived from one. Carbohydrates contain only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and usually have an empirical formula Cm(H2O)n; carbohydrate derivatives may contain other elements by substitution or condensation."