Distinguish between monosaccharides, disaccarides and polysaccharides (glycogen and starch - amylose and amylopectin) and relate their structures to their roles in providing and storing energy (alpha-glucose and cellulose are not required in this topic).
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- Sugars and starch are composed of many single sugar units put together.
- One of these units is called a monosaccharide.
- Two are called a disaccharide.
- Three or more become a polysaccharide.
Starch (found in plants)
- made up of polysaccharides in two main molecules - amylose and amylopectin.
- Amylose is a straight chain between 200 and 5000 glucose molecules with 1,4 glycosidic…
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