Storage component of glucose

by **SWEngineer** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:47 pm

I'm working on a pre-lab, and there is a question that asks about the storage component of glucose in "plants" and "mammals", any ideas on that?

Thanks.

by **JackBean** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 5:50 am

do you know, how is energy stored in cells?

by **SWEngineer** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:17 am

JackBean wrote:do you know, how is energy stored in cells?

Is it through glucose?

by **JackBean** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:42 am

kind of, but the glucose is bound in long chains...

by **SWEngineer** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:01 am

JackBean wrote:kind of, but the glucose is bound in long chains...

Would it be carbohydrates?

by **JackBean** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:04 am

if it's glucose, than it must be carbohydrate. The question is, which one

by **SWEngineer** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:02 am

JackBean wrote:if it's glucose, than it must be carbohydrate. The question is, which one

Carbohydrates

by **JackBean** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:44 am

so, if I ask you, which car do you have, will you tell me that you have a car? :roll:

hint: it's a polysaccharide, which polysaccharides do you know?
And, please, do not write polysaccharides!

by **manish94** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:57 am

JackBean wrote:hint: it's a polysaccharide, which polysaccharides do you know?

cellulose,starch,glycogen etc are polysaccharides

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