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Biomolecules
In what ways does starch show similarity with cellulose?
Starch and cellulose both are polysaccharides. They show similarity in the following ways:
(i) Both starch and cellulose do not reduce Fehling’s solution or Tollen’s reagent.
(ii) They do not form osazone.
(iii) Both are amorphons solid.
(iv) Both are polymers of D-glucose.
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What products would be formed when a nucleotide from DNA containing thymine is hydrolysed?
When RNA is hydrolysed, there is no relationship among the quantities of different bases obtained. What does this fact suggest about the structure of RNA?
Give one example each of (i) Reducing sugar and (ii) Non-reducing sugar.
Name the anomers of glucose.
State two characteristics of monosaccharides.
Name a carbohydrate containing five carbon atoms per molecule.
Name the monomers of starch.
Name the polysaccharides that is stored in the liver of animals.
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