Starch is composed of amylose (unbranched chains of alpha glucose linked by 1,4 glycosidic bonds forming a helix) and amylopectin (branched chains with 1,6 glycosidic bonds at branching points).
Starch is composed of amylose (unbranched chains of alpha glucose linked by 1,4 glycosidic bonds forming a helix) and amylopectin (branched chains with 1,6 glycosidic bonds at branching points).
| Front | 2 polysaccharides known as starch collectively 2.1.2(f) |
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| Back | amylose and amylopectin - many alpha glucose molecules join by 1,4 glycosidic bonds to form amylose (no branching and the long chain forms helix) - same with amylopectin but after every 24 1,4 glycosidic bond, theres a 1,6 glycosidic bond (branching) |
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