AMYLOSE

Amylose

Amylose is a spiral polymer made up of D-glucose units. This polysaccharide is one of the two components of starch, making up approximately 20-30% of the structure. The other component is amylopectin, which makes up 70-80% of the structure.

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amylose

Noun

  1. The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose.


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