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NCERT Exemplar · Q21

Q.Starch, Cellulose, Glycogen, Chitin are polysaccharides found among the following. Choose the one appropriate and write against each.
Cotton fibre
Exoskeleton of cockroach
Liver
Peeled potato

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Cotton fibre is cellulose, a cockroach's exoskeleton is chitin, liver stores glycogen, and a peeled potato is largely starch.

Each of the four named polysaccharides has a distinct, characteristic location where it is found:

  • Cellulose is the material of plant cell walls, built as a homopolymer of glucose units linked together; cotton fibre, like paper made from plant pulp, is essentially cellulose.
  • Chitin is a complex polysaccharide built from modified sugars such as glucosamine and N-acetyl galactosamine; it forms the exoskeletons of arthropods, so the hard outer covering of a cockroach is chitin.
  • Glycogen is the energy-storage polysaccharide used by animals, a branched homopolymer of glucose stored particularly in tissues such as the liver. …

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