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Ions of iodine react with enzyme amylase and used asquantative test for measuring quantity of amylase. However, ions ofiodine react with enzyme amylopectin very slightly. Why.

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Plants reserves energy in the form of starch There are two types of starch is present in plant cell amylose and amylopectin The amylose is the linear in which disaccharide units of glucose molecules are connected by 14 glycosidic bonds whereas the amylopectins are branched    See Answer
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