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starch

A high-molecular weight polysaccharide consisting of D-glucose in alpha(1,4) linkage.

Specific

amylopectin (alpha-amylose, starch cellulose) amylose (beta-amylose, granulose, amylocellulose) cornstarch

General

polysaccharide (complex carbohydrate, glycan)

Database Correlations

Kegg map/map00050

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.

Component-of

starch/zinc oxide