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Carbohydrates are essential for life in both plants and animals. Name the carbohydrates that are used as storage molecules in plants and animals, also name the carbohydrate which is present in wood or in the fibre of cotton cloth.

 

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The storage molecules of carbohydrates present in both plants and animals are given below –

(i) The major molecules in plants are starch, cellulose, sucrose, etc.

(ii) Presence of glycogen as known as animal starch in liver, brain, muscle of animals

(iii) Wood and clothe fibres contain cellulose.

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