Biology, asked by abdulwasay1, 1 year ago

why monosaccharides are soluble in water and sweet in taste but starch is not when both belong to carbohydrate?

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Answered by arnav52
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Answered by mindfulmaisel
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Starch is a polysaccharide and hence it is not soluble in water and sweet in taste

Explanation:

  • starch is a polysaccharide. On the other hand any monosaccharide when is state It Breaks down to from glucose due to the action of salivary amylase and glucose is very sweet in nature.
  • Moreover only the monosaccharides and disaccharides are soluble in water but the polysaccharides and not soluble in water.
  • In addition to this starts cannot be digested by human digestive system and hence it does not break into glucose resulting in the the different taste of starch.

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