Carbohydrates are essential for life in both plants and animals. Naime the carbohydrates that are used as storage molecules in plants and animals, also name the carbohydrate which is present in wood or in the fiber of cotton cloth.
Carbohydrates that are used as storage molecules in plants and animals are as follows
(i) Plant contains mainly starch, cellulose, sucrose, etc.
(ii) Animal contain glycogen in their body. So, glycogen is also known as animal starch. Glycogen is present in the liver, muscles, and brain when the body needs glucose, the enzyme breaks glycogen down to glucose.
(iii) Cellulose is present in wood, and fiber of clothes.
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