The reserve food of brown algae is

Fucoxanthin

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Volutin

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Laminarin

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Paramylum

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Solution

The correct option is C Laminarin
The reserve food of brown algae is laminarin. The molecule laminarin (also known as laminaran) is a storage glucan (a polysaccharide of glucose) found in brown algae. It is used as a carbohydrate food reserve in the same way, that chrysolaminarin is used by phytoplankton, especially in diatoms. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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