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Starch equivalent

starch equivalent

The amount of oxygen consumed in the combustion of a given weight of fat as compared with that consumed in the combustion of an equal weight of starch; the figure is about 2.38, that for starch being taken as 1.


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plz help me wif tis~thx~

plants produce starch for use as energy storage polymer but plants also produce fats (another source of ... pounds when in stead of fat, youd store starch (of about the same energetically equivalent amount of fat)? Basically starch and glycogen has similar function: They are ...

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by honee_v
Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:16 am
 
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Topic: plz help me wif tis~thx~
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