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a.
To describe:
The similarities and differences between amylose and cellulose.
Introduction:
Polysaccharides are the
b.
To describe:
The similarities and differences between cellulose and chitin.
Introduction:
Polysaccharides are the polymer of monosaccharide units, which is linked together by a glycosidic linkage. Polysaccharides are of two types: storage and structural. The examples of storage polysaccharides are starch (amylose and amylopectin) and glycogen. The structural polysaccharide includes cellulose and chitin.
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