Question: is primarily found in animals?
Options:
Glycogen
Starch
Fructan
Cellulose
📌📌Other Options:
-(b) Starch: Starch is a storage polysaccharide found in plants.
-(c) Fructan: Fructans are plant-based polysaccharides, such as inulin.
-(d) Cellulose: Cellulose is a structural polysaccharide found in plant cell walls.
🔑Key Points:
-The carbohydrates are stored in the animal body as glycogen.Â
-It is also known as animal starch because its structure is similar to amylopectin and is rather more highly branched.
-It is present in the liver, muscles, and brain and is found in yeast and fungi.
-When the body needs glucose, enzymes break the glycogen down to glucose.Â
-Polysaccharides contain a large number of monosaccharide units joined together by the glycosidic linkages.Â
-These are the most commonly encountered carbohydrates in nature.
-They mainly act as food storage or structural materials.