Which of the following is a homopolysaccharide?

Which of the following is a homopolysaccharide?
  1. Heparin
  2. Inulin
  3. Pectin
  4. Hyaluronic acid

Solution

Homopolysaccharides or homoglycans are those complex carbohydrates which are formed by polymerization of only one type of monosaccharide monomers. For example, starch, glycogen, inulin, cellulose, chitin, etc. Agar, pectin, hyaluronic acid, heparin, etc., are heteropolysaccharides.

Asked in: NEET 2018

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