Which among the following statement is not true?

Seeds are composed largely of metabolically inactive food

Starch is the principal, most widespread storage carbohydrate of seeds

Starch is stored in two related forms, amylose and amylopectin, which are two polymers of D-glucose

Amylopectin is composed of 200 to 1,000 glucose units linked by a 1.6 glucosidic bond

Correct option is D

The statement about amylopectin is not true. Amylopectin is a branched polymer composed of thousands of glucose units linked primarily by 1.4 alpha bonds with branch points formed by 1.6 alpha bonds.

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Which among the following statement is not true?

Seeds are composed largely of metabolically inactive food

Starch is the principal, most widespread storage carbohydrate of seeds

Starch is stored in two related forms, amylose and amylopectin, which are two polymers of D-glucose

Amylopectin is composed of 200 to 1,000 glucose units linked by a 1.6 glucosidic bond

Correct option is D

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