MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is a Polysaccharide? Polysaccharide is a long chain of carbohydrates whose molecules consist of numerous sugar molecules bonded together by glycosidic linkages. Polysaccharide examples: Starch, Cellulose or Glycogen are polysaccharides Carbohydrates.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glycogen is a polysaccharide that consists entirely of glucose molecules that are linked by two types of bonds-the alpha-1, 4-glycosidic bond and the alpha-1, 6-glycosidic bond. The alpha-1, 4-glycosidic bond is the more common bond and it gives glycogen a helical structure that is suitable for energy storage.

Detailed explanation-3: -Like most biochemical compounds, carbohydrates are built of small repeating units, or monomers, which form bonds with each other to make larger molecules, called polymers. In the case of carbohydrates, the small repeating units are known as monosaccharides.