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What is a polysaccharide?

polymers consisting of chains of monosaccharide or disaccharides units Groups of sugar molecules linked together make larger molecules as well as long chain polymers. These … (MORE)

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What is polysaccharide?

Polysaccharide are large numbers of carbohydrates found in or made by living organisms and microbes. They are large, complex molecules of hundreds to thousands of glucose mole… (MORE)

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What is the function of a polysaccharides?

Polysaccharides are an essential group of biological polymers. Their function in living organisms is usually as energy stores for either starches or lipids.

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Polysaccharides are polymers of what?

Polysaccharides are polymers of monosaccharides, which are carbohydrates. Starch and cellulose are made from glucose. Other polysaccharides are made from mannose, glacturonic … (MORE)

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What is a nonstrach polysaccharide?

Starch is a glucose polysaccharide that is bonded through alpha-linkage. Our body has an enzyme known as amylase which breaks these bonds and allows it to be digested by the b… (MORE)

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Is vinegar a polysaccharide?

No,Vinegar is not a polysaccharide. Vinegar is an acidic liquid produced from the oxidation of ethanol in a process that yields its main ingredient , acitic acid(ethanoic aci… (MORE)

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What is acidic polysaccharides?

Acidic polysaccharidesAcidic polysaccharides are polysaccharides that contain carboxyl groups, phosphate groups and/or sulfuric ester groups.

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What do polysaccharides do for plants?

The cell wall of the plant is made from polysaccharides, which consist of two or more monosaccharides. Polysaccharides job in the cell wall is storage, while some other polysa… (MORE)

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What is a monosccharide and a polysaccharide?

Mono meaning one and poly meaning many (which is three or more). A monosaccharide are simple carbohydrate which is also refered to as simple sugars. Polysaccharides can be qui… (MORE)

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What is polysaccharides?

They release more than 10 monosaccharides on hydrolysis. These are non- sugar, that is do not have sweet taste, example cellulose, glycogen and starch.