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Starch is composed of two molecules: amylose and amylopectin. Amylose is a hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis reaction of the 1-4 linkages of the α-amylose component when digesting ...

Starch is a complex carbohydrate that has different proportions of two polysaccharides: amylose and amylopectin. Different starches – such as potato, corn or cassava – have their own ratio of ...