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Name the two components of starch. How do they differ from each other structurally?

Name the two components of starch. How do they differ from each other structurally?

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Aarti Gupta
askIITians Faculty 300 Points
9 years ago
Starch is a food reserve in plants just like glycogen in animals..It the main storage polysacccharide of plants which is polymer of alpha-glucose and consist of two components-
1. Amylose-It is the linear polmer of alpha-glucose and water soluble fraction.
2.Amylopectin-It consist of branched chains of alpha-glucose and insoluble fraction.

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