NEETBotanyBiomolecules (B)
What is the color of starch-I 2 ?
Options
- ARed
- BBlue
- CGreen
- DYellow
Correct answer
B. Blue
Step-by-step solution
Starch is a variant of this but present as a store house of energy in plant tissues. Animals have another variant called glycogen. Inulin is a polymer of fructose. In a polysaccharide chain (say glycogen), the right end is called the reducing end and the left end is called the non-reducing end Starch forms helical secondary structures. In fact, starch can hold I2 molecules in the helical portion. The starch-I2 is blue in colour. Cellulose does not contain complex helices and hence cannot hold I2.