Amylose

See also: Amylose (homonymy)

The Amylose is a Polymère not-ramified Glucose. It is with the Amylopectine the principal one constituting Amidon. It is present from 20 to 28% in the Blé and the Potato and, in the Riz, the Sorgho and the Seigle, 6%. The amylose is abundant in the vegetable world. The amylose has a anomery alpha. For this reason, contrary to cellulose it is assimilable by the man. The amylose is degraded by alpha amylase out of maltose.

Its official name should be: (α-D-glucopyrannosyl (1->4) α-D-glucopyrannoside) N .

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