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Which statement is correct about cellulose and amylose?
« on: June 22, 2019, 07:51:35 AM »
Choice A : Cellulose is more stable than Amylose

Choice B : Amylose is more stable than cellulose

Choice C : Cellulose have helical structure while amylose does not

Choice D : Amylose have helical structure while cellulose does not

I searched on google for "helical structure" and found only "alpha helix". So I don't have any idea

but guessing from choices it must be A or B. But I don't know which one is more stable
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Re: Which statement is correct about cellulose and amylose?
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2019, 09:25:00 AM »
Did you Google amylose?  BTW the question is a little open-ended.  It might help to define what one means by stability.

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Re: Which statement is correct about cellulose and amylose?
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2019, 09:34:23 AM »
Did you Google amylose?  BTW the question is a little open-ended.  It might help to define what one means by stability.

I'm not sure what stable means. I just remembered from a test. But I think there wasn't description for stable.

Yes, I searched for both amylose and cellulose. But found only cellulose's stability compared with its 1-4 type or something http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/cellulose.html


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Re: Which statement is correct about cellulose and amylose?
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2019, 10:45:24 AM »
For starch, which is closely related to amylose, there is a discussion of its structure here:  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed077p988

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Re: Which statement is correct about cellulose and amylose?
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2019, 10:50:54 AM »
For starch, which is closely related to amylose, there is a discussion of its structure here:  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed077p988

for choice a and b, it can't be answered anyway? which one is correct

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