Question

Glycogen, a naturally occurring polymer stored in animals is a

• A. monosaccharide
• B. disaccharide
• C. trisaccharide
• D. polysaccharide

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

polysaccharide

Answer 2

Glycogen is a polysaccharide made up of almost $2000-200000$ units of $\alpha-$ D glucose, it is a branched structure, there are two types of bonds present in glycogen as the $\alpha 1-4$ glycosidic and $\alpha$ 1- 6 glycosidic bond. Glycogen stores in cells of liver and muscles and gives the red color with iodine also it is named as animal starch.