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Primary absorption site for digestible carbohydrates?
The primary absorption site for digestible carbohydrates is the small intestine. Digestible carbohydrates are also referred to as net carbohydrates.
What is an amylopectin?
An mylopectin is a variety of highly branched, insoluble form of starch.
Is cellulose digestible?
No, cannot break one of the beta bonds connecting the units of cellulose. Ruminants (e.g. cows, sheep) can however digest cellulose in their rumen, not themselves but because of the complex microorganisms living in their rumen.
What is the simplest form of starch?
The two components of starch are amylose and amylopectin. Amylose is a straight chain molecule made of glucose molecules joined by alpha 1-4 links. Amylopectin is a branched molecule made of glucose joined by alpha 1-4 links, with branches joined by alpha 1-6 links.
What is the highly branched starch that comprises about 80 percent of digestable starch in the body?
Amylopectin
What is the difference between amylopectin and glycogen?
Amylopectin is a branched chain polymer of glucose found in plants, while glycogen is a highly branched polymer of glucose found in animals and humans. Both serve as storage forms of glucose, with glycogen being the main form of energy storage in animals and humans, while amylopectin is the main form of energy storage in plants.
Is amylopectin a polysaccharide?
yes it is.
Why is amylopectin more compact than amylose?
Actually, amylose is more compact than amylopectin due to its helical structure. Amylose is unbranching and forms a compact helix, whereas amylopectin is a branching structure.
What is the importance of amylopectin?
Amylopectin is a branch-chain polymer of glucose and is the main component of starch. It provides a readily available source of energy for the body as it can be broken down quickly into glucose. Amylopectin also helps to store energy in plants in the form of starch granules.
What fruit does have amylose and amylopectin?
potato
Is amylose branched?
No. only Amylopectin is
How can you put digestible in a sentence?
Don't worry, the food is digestible.
How many syllables does digestible have?
Digestible has four syllables. Di-gest-i-ble.
What starch molecule that produces a thinner paste?
The starch molecule that produces a thinner paste is called amylopectin. Amylopectin is a soluble polysaccharide that is commonly found in plants.
What starche molecule produces a thinner paste?
The starch molecule that produces a thinner paste is called amylopectin. Amylopectin is a soluble polysaccharide that is commonly found in plants.
Primary absorption site for digestible carbohydrates?
The primary absorption site for digestible carbohydrates is the small intestine. Digestible carbohydrates are also referred to as net carbohydrates.
What does amylopectins do to starch?
Starch is a mixture of two types of polymers (or macromolecules) namely: Amylose and Amylopectin. Both polymers have a fairly large distribution of sizes, but are still made of glucose units. The main distinguishing factor between amylose and amylopectin is the amount of branching. Amylopectin is more branched than amylose (long chain polymer). So amylopectin is actually refering to starch molecules which are branched.
