Question
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Give one structural difference between amylose and amylopectin.

Answer

Amylose is a long unbranched chain polymer of $\alpha-\text{D(+)}$ glucose. Amylopectin is a branched chain polymer of $\alpha-\text{D}$ glucose.

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