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Starches and sugars, like all carbohydrates, are made of the elements Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen in the ratio 1C:2H:1O, Cn(H2O)n. From this empirical formula, it looks like carbohydrates are hydrates of carbon, that is, some form of carbon with water molecules attached. They are much more complicated than that, but the name "carbohydrate" stuck.
By the way, starch is a polymer of glucose, meaning that it's a long string of glucose units stuck end to end. It generally has many branches and used for food storage.
Cellulose is also a polymer of glucose, but because of the way the glucose parts are arranged, it tends to form a fibrous structure, so it's much stronger and used for support. Animals lack the enzyme required to break cellulose back into glucose, so most can't access much of the energy available in plants, especially the cellulose-rich woody parts. Some animals, however, have bacteria in their digestive tract, like cows and termites. For them, cellulose is food.
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What is the relationship between starches and surgars?
Starch turns into sugar while being digested inside your stomach.
What three elements do sugars and starches contain?
Sugars and starches contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. These elements are essential for the structure and function of carbohydrates in living organisms.
Is a starch a element?
No starches are long chains of sugar molecules, Sugar molecules are compounds of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen which are elements.
What are starches used for?
Starches are used for energy
How are starches and monosaccharides related?
starches and monosaccharides are carbohydrates, and monosaccharides make up starches, which is a polysaccharide.
What are some starches?
plenty of the starches are found in maize
What is the plural of starch?
The plural of starch is starches.
What store starches?
The leucoplast stores starches and oils.
What is a sentence using the word starches?
The starches will turn blue in the test. The heavy starches in the meal filled them up.
How does the body handle starches and cellulose differently?
Though starch and cellulose are chemically made from the same elements, and in the same concentrations, the human body is able to break down starches into simple enough sugars to absorb, while the human body cannot break down cellulose.
What are smart starches?
smart starches are starches that can instantly or slowly change a powder substance into a thick liquid such as custard or angel delight
What is starches atomic number?
starches is a compound. Copouds does not have atomic numbers.
