NUTRITION
CARBOHYDRATES
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Question
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The most abundant polysaccharide on Earth is ____
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Glycogen
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Starch
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Cellulose
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Pectin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Linear glycans are the most abundant polysaccharides in nature (in terms of quantity) because of the enormous quantity of cellulose existing as the main structural component of the cell walls of higher land plants.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most abundant polysaccharide is cellulose and second largest is.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chitin is a large, structural polysaccharide made from chains of modified glucose. In terms of abundance, chitin is second to only cellulose. In the biosphere, over 1 billion tons of chitin are synthesized each year by organisms.
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