Glycogen, a naturally occurring polymer stored in animals is a:
A
monosaccharide
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B
disaccharide
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C
trisaccharide
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D
polysaccharide
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Solution
The correct option is D polysaccharide Glycogen is a polysaccharide made up of almost 2000−200000 units of α−D glucose, it is a branched structure, there are two types of bonds present in glycogen as the α 1-4 glycosidic and α 1-6 glycosidic bond.
Glycogen stores in cells of liver and muscles and gives the red color with iodine also it is named as animal starch.