Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry
Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry
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Author: Spencer L. Seager, Michael R. Slabaugh, Maren S. Hansen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.62E
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The number of glucose units present in the molecule of the starch is to be predicted.

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Starch is a type of sugar consisting of large number of glucose units joined together by α-glycosidic linkages. Starch is composed of two amylose and amylopectin. Amylopectin is a branched polysaccharide of starch whereas amylose is an unbranched polysaccharide of starch.

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