Name the reserve food material in plants and animals
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reserved food in animals----glycogen
The reserve food material in plants and animals are generally stored in the form of starch and glycogen respectively.
EXPLANATION:
In plants, the starch materials are mainly found in rhizomes, tubers, seeds, fruits like in rice, wheat, potato etc. In animals, glycogen is mainly stored in the muscles and liver.
Reserve food materials are generally in the form of carbohydrates, nitrogenous matters, and fats and oils.
The carbohydrates basically composed of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen are present in the form as simple sugars to complex polysaccharides. Polysaccharides are further classified into starch, glycogen, and inulin.
Both starch and glycogen are composed of complex water-insoluble sugar or carbohydrate with the chemical formula of