Question

What are polysaccharides ??​

Answer 1

Polysaccharides are long chains of carbohydrate molecules, specifically polymeric carbohydrates composed of monosaccharide units bound together by glycosidic linkages. This carbohydrate can react with water using amylase enzymes at catalyst, which produces constituent

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Answer 2

carbohydrates:

optically active polyhydroxy aldehyde ketone for the compounds which produce such units on hydrolysis.

classification of carbohydrates;

• monosaccharide
• oligosaccharide
• polysaccharide

$\huge\underline\mathfrak\black{polysaccharide }$

carbohydrates which yeild a large number of monosaccharide units on hydrolysis are called polysaccharides.

Examples : starch ,cellulose, glycogen, gums etc .

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