AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Starch is comprised principally of two glucose polymers, amylose and amylopectin . Both polymers are made up of d-glucose units in cyclic pyranose form, linked through glycosidic bonds between carbons 1 and 4 of adjacent glucose monomers (Figure 1).

Detailed explanation-2: -The branched polymer of Glucose is Glycogen. There are about 30, 000 units of Glucose contained in Glycogen. Animals can store this product therefore it is called animal starch. The glycosidic linkage of glucose is found in Glycogen.

Detailed explanation-3: -Starch is the stored form of sugars in plants and is made up of a mixture of two polysaccharides, amylose and amylopectin (both polymers of glucose).

Detailed explanation-4: -Starch is a semi-crystalline polysaccharide natural polymer with a complex structure. Starch consists of two-component polymers: amylose (AM) and amylopectin (AP). AM is the linear polysaccharide, poly(-1, 4-glucopyronosyl). AP is poly(-1, 4-glucopyronosyl)) with many a-1, 6-glucopyronosyl branches.

Detailed explanation-5: -When alpha-glucose molecules are joined chemically to form a polymer, starch is formed.