Question

Which of the following is the correct statement?

• A. Starch is a polymer of $\alpha$- glucose.
• B. Amylose is not a component of starch.
• C. Proteins are composed of only type of amino acid.
• D. In cyclic structure of fructose, these are five carbon and one oxygen atoms.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Starch is a polymer of $\alpha$- glucose.

Answer 2

Starch is also known as ‘amylum’ which occurs in all green plant. A molecule of starch $\alpha -$glucose rings joined through oxygen atoms.