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15 March, 10:04

Starch is a monosaccharide true/false

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  1. 15 March, 10:10
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    False!

    Starch is a polysaccharide. Monosaccharide is the basic unit of carbohydrates and it is a simple sugar. Polysaccharide is composed of a large number of monosaccharide units bound by glycosidic bonds.

    Starch consists of a large number of units of glucose, a monosaccharide, units bound by glycosidic bonds. This suggests that starch must be a polysaccharide.
  2. 15 March, 10:25
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    Monosaccharide means having one (mono) sugar in its structure, Starch is not a monomer but a tertiary level structure made by the joining of Glucose monomers with branching chains making Starch a Poly (many) saccharide.
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