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Q. Which is a homopolysaccharide

AIIMSAIIMS 2012Biomolecules

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Homopolysaccharides or homoglycans are those complex carbohydrates which are formed by polymerisation of only one type of monosaccharide monomers. For example, starch, glycogen, inulin, cellulose, chitin, etc. Agar, pectin, hyaluronic acid, heparin, etc., are hetero polysaccharides.