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They are formed through the process of photosynthesis in plants.

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Starches are stored in muscles and liver in the form of?

Glycogen


What is an amyloglucosidase?

An amyloglucosidase is a form of amylase used industrially to produce sugars from starches.


What Food provides the body with energy in the form of carbohydrates?

Sugars (and their polymers - starches) are carbohydrates


What do most plants we eat produce?

Sugars in the form of polymers that our digestive system can use (starches).


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.


Is it true when molecules of sugar join together to form long chains they are called starches or simple carbohydrates?

no


What are the subunits that polymerize to form starches?

The subunits that polymerize to form starches are glucose molecules. Glucose molecules link together through glycosidic bonds to form starch polymers. Starch is composed of two types of polymers: amylose, which is a linear chain of glucose molecules, and amylopectin, which is a branched chain of glucose molecules.


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.


How do you obtain starch?

Starches are carbohydrates. Starch in plants is like glycogen in animals: it is the storage form of carbohydrates. Starches are large chains of glucose molecules. Complex carbohydrates are primarily starches, while simple carbohydrates are sugars. So, you get starch when you consume complex carbohydrates.