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maxxal22
Oct 10, 2017

Both are made up of glucose. The bonds between the glucose molecules is whats different

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The glucose in starch is linked through a 1-4 linkage. The cellulose is linked with b 1-4 links.
The difference in these links allows humans to digest starch but not cellulose (on our own)

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