Question

Polymer of fructose is:

• A. Inulin
• B. Codeine
• C. Gluten
• D. Lecithin

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Inulin

• Polysaccharides are long chains of sugars.

• Inulin is a polymer of fructose.

• Starch, glycogen and cellulose are all polymers of glucose.

• Starch is the stored form of sugars in plants and is made up of a mixture of two polysaccharides, amylose and amylopectin (both polymers of glucose).

• Glycogen is the storage form of glucose in humans and other vertebrates.

• Like starch, glycogen is a polymer of glucose monomers, and it is even more highly branched than amylopectin.

• Cellulose is made up of unbranched chains of glucose monomers.