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Question:

Which component of starch is a branched polymer of α-glucose and insoluble in water?

Solution:

Starch has two fractions, water soluble amylose and water insoluble amylopectin. Amylose is an unbranched polymer and amylopectin is a branched chain polymer. Starch has 20-25% amylose and 75-80% amylopectin.