Is starch made of alpha or beta glucose?

Answer 1

Starch is made ofalpha glucose. You have an enzyme to spit this bond. Cellulose is made up of polymer of beta glucose. Human can not digest cellulose. There are many advantages of this to human as it gives bulk to the feces. It prevents cancer of large intestine. Which is common in non-veg diet eating people. They should eatIsabgolpowder in there diet. Take 2 to 4 teaspoonful in glass add sugar to test. Then add water or milk and drink 'immediately' after mixing the same. Otherwise, you have to 'eat' large quantity of it. To be fallowed by glass of water after some time.

Answer 2

Glucose (/ˈɡluːkoʊs/ or /-koʊz/; C6H12O6, also known as D-glucose, dextrose, or grape sugar) is a simple monosaccharide found in plants. It is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with fructose and galactose, that are absorbed directly into the bloodstream during digestion. An important carbohydrate in Biology, cells use it as the primary source of energy[1] and a metabolic intermediate. Glucose is one of the main products of photosynthesis and fuels for cellular respiration. Glucose exists in several different molecular structures, but all of these structures can be divided into two families of mirror-images (stereoisomers). Only one set of these isomers exists in nature, those derived from the "right-handed form" of glucose, denoted D-glucose. D-glucose is sometimes referred to as dextrose, although the use of this name is strongly discouraged. The term dextrose is derived from dextrorotatory glucose.[2] This name is therefore confusing when applied to the enantiomer, which rotates light in the opposite direction. Starch and cellulose are polymers derived from the dehydration of D-glucose. The other stereoisomer, called L-glucose, is hardly ever found in nature.

The name "glucose" comes from the Greek word glukus(γλυκύς), meaning "sweet", and is the preferred name. The suffix "-ose" denotes a sugar.

Answer 3

Starch is made of alpha glucose molecules. Alpha glucose units are linked together in a linear chain to form amylose, or in branched chains to form amylopectin, which are the two main components of starch.

Answer 4

Glycogen is made of alpha glucose molecules. It becomes more compact due to its amlopectin form which allows it to bonded together in 1-4 and 1-6 glycosidic linkages.