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Glucose is a monosaccharide (A single sugar 'unit'). It has 6 carbons and is an aldohexose.
Sucrose is a dissaccharide. Meaning it is made up of two monosaccharide units. These units are a cyclic Glucose and a cyclic Fructose.
Cellulose and Starch are both polysaccharides. Made up of many many individual sugar units or monomers. You can say they are sugar polymers.
Starch is a glucose polymer. The two principal forms Amylose and Amylopectin are made up of alpha-D-Glucose monomers connected via alpha-1,4-glycosidic linkages.
Cellulose is also a glucose polymer. But has alternating beta-D-Glucose monomers connected via a beta-1,4-glycosidic link.
Important note regarding starch vs cellulose, is that most animal (including humans) have an enzyme to hydrolyze starch (or cleave the alpha-glycosidic linkages) but not enzyme for the beta-link in cellulose. Therefore we can not digest cellulose as a energy source.
In short. Glucose: a monosaccharide. Sucrose: dissaccharide. Starch and Cellulose: Polysaccharides.
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∙ 12y agoStarch is a polysaccharide composed of hundreds of glucose molecules. Glucose is a monosaccharide.
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What do plants convert glucose to?
To starch, protein, fats and oils, cellulose and sucrose.
Which is dieWhis of these is dietary fiber Glycogen Sucrose Cellulose Starch?
cellulose
How does starch differs from cellulose?
starch is soluble in water, on the other hand cellulose is insoluble. also, the glucose molecules in starch and cellulose are linked differently, making it impossible to be broken down by humans.
What is a complex carbohyrate that strengthens plant stems and roots?
Cellulose and starch are used by plants for building material with starch also serving as a storage molecule that can be converted to glucose for energy.
Name the three disaccharides and the enzymes that break them down into monosaccharides?
sucrose - common table sugar = glucose + fructoselactose - major sugar in milk = glucose + galactosemaltose - product of starch digestion = glucose + glucose
What is an example of monosaccaharide Glucose Sucrose Cellulose Starch?
Glucose is monosaccharide. Sucrose is disaccharide. Cellulose and starch are polysaccharides.
What do plants convert glucose to?
To starch, protein, fats and oils, cellulose and sucrose.
How do you separate cellulose from a mixture of glucose starch and cellulose?
Water is added to the mixture and the mixture is filtered. Sucrose which can dissolve in water passes through the filter but starch and cellulose which do not dissolve, remain as residue. Starch is hydrolyzed to glucose, which will then dissolve in water. Filtration of the above mixture will leave cellulose as the residue.
What are these glucose polymers called?
Starch
Which is dieWhis of these is dietary fiber Glycogen Sucrose Cellulose Starch?
cellulose
What compound includes starch glucose and sucrose?
Carbohydrates are in starch, glucose, and sucrose. The "ose" suffix is mostly about carbohydrates.
What are two types of carbohydrates gives an example of each?
Mono - Glucose, Fructose Di - Sucrose, Lactose Poly - Cellulose, Starch
How do you list these molecules from smallest to largest NaCl Sucrose Water Glucose Starch?
starch, sucrose, glucose, water, NaCl
What is the most abundant naturally occurring polysaccharide?
In what? The world? Probably glucose, which is the basic monomer unit used to make both starch and cellulose.
Which one is smaller sucrose glucose or starch?
glucose
Is starch a polymer of beta glucose?
starch is an alpha-glucose, Cellulose is a beta-glucose molecule
What affect will amylase have on sucrose?
None. Amylase breaks down starch into sugars, generally into the monosaccharde glucose and disaccharide maltose (double glucose). Sucrose is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, and the amylase enzymes are not keyed for this pair and thus cannot split it up. Sucrase is required for that.
