What are the 4 types of Polysaccharides?

1.	What are the 4 types of Polysaccharides?
Answer» Polysaccharides : Are long chain of sugars. (a) Starch : Store house of energy in plant tissues. Forms helical secondary structures. (b) Cellulose : Polymer of glucose. (c) Glycogen : Is a branched homopolymer, found as storage polysaccharide in animals. (d) Insulin : Is a polymer of fructose. (e) Chitin : Chemically modified sugar (amino-sugars) N-acetyl galactosamine. Form exoskeleton of arthropods.

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Polysaccharides : Are long chain of sugars.

(a) Starch : Store house of energy in plant tissues. Forms helical secondary structures.

(b) Cellulose : Polymer of glucose.

(c) Glycogen : Is a branched homopolymer, found as storage polysaccharide in animals.

(d) Insulin : Is a polymer of fructose.

(e) Chitin : Chemically modified sugar (amino-sugars) N-acetyl galactosamine. Form exoskeleton of arthropods.

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