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Starch and cellulose are polysaccharides but you can eat or digest starch and not the cellulose why?
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Both starch and cellulose are polymers of glucose. However, the individual glucose units are linked differently in the two. Humans have an enzyme which is capable of breaking the linkages used to form starch, but do not have one that can break the linkage used to form cellulose. (If you want the technical terms, cellulose uses a beta(1-4) link and starch uses both alpha(1-4) and alpha(1-6) links.)
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What is an example of monosaccaharide Glucose Sucrose Cellulose Starch?
Glucose is monosaccharide. Sucrose is disaccharide. Cellulose and starch are polysaccharides.
What are the examples of oligosaccharides?
Glycogen, Cellulose, and Starch are all examples of Polysaccharides.
What is the polymer of a carbohydrate?
Starch Cellulose, Glycogen and Chitin Polysaccharides and for the monomer is sugar
What do polysaccharides taste of?
Polysaccharides are starch and cellulose. Starch is found in white rice, potatoes, white flour. Cellulose is the fibre/fiber found in plants eg celery. Disaccharides are sugars eg cane sugar and monosaccharide is glucose.
What polysaccharides consists of alpha and beta D glucose units?
the polysaccharides that consists of alpha D- glucose units is starch the polysaccharides that consists of beta D- glucose units is cellulose
What are two polysaccharides in the structure of a plant cell?
2 polysaccharides found in plants are starch and cellulose. :)
What are exmaples of polysaccharides?
Starch and Cellulose are both polysaccharides
The monomer unit of polysaccharides such as starch and cellulose is?
The monomer unit of polysacharides such as starch and cellulose is glucose.
What are some polysaccharides?
Cellulose; starch; chitin
What are 2 polysaccharides in plants?
Starch and cellulose
Two polysaccharides that store glucose are?
If by 2 polysaccharides you mean any two, then some of the common examples would be cellulose, peptidoglycan, starch (amylose and amylopectin), hemicellulose, chitin, glycogen ........... the list is almost endless.
What is an example of monosaccaharide Glucose Sucrose Cellulose Starch?
Glucose is monosaccharide. Sucrose is disaccharide. Cellulose and starch are polysaccharides.
Are starch glycogen cellulose and chintin examples of lipids?
No. All of these are carbohydrates and specifically polsaccharides. Starch and glycogen are storage polysaccharides. Cellulose and chitin are structural polysaccharides.
Is it easier to digest cellulose in fruits and vegetables then starch in pastas?
No, starch is easier to digest.
Example of polysaccharides?
Glycogen, starch, Cellulose and chitin
What are the two polysaccharides found in plants?
starch and cellulose
What are water insolubles?
Polysaccharides such as: starch, glycogen and cellulose
