Glucose monomer units

Figure 6.10 Effect of CITREM on the molecular and thermodynamic parameters of maltodextrin SA-2 (DE = 2) in aqueous medium (phosphate buffer, pH = 7.2, ionic strength = 0.05 M 20 °C) (a) weight average molar mass, Mw (b) radius of gyration, Ra (c) structure sensitive parameter, p, characterizing die architecture of maltodextrin associates (d) second virial coefficient, A2 or A2, on the basis of the weight ( ) and molal (A) scales, respectively. The parameter R is defined as the molar ratio of surfactant to glucose monomer units in the polysaccharide. The indicated cmc value refers to the cmc of the pure CITREM solution. Reproduced from Anokhina et al. (2007) with permission.

Trisaccharide is built up of three (J-D glucose monomer units (A, B, C)... 

The complex carbohydrate glycogen, a polymer made of glucose monomer units, is found in animal tissue. 

Starch, the plant storage polysaccharide, which is also a polymer of glucose, differs in its structure in that the glucose monomer units are joined by a(1 4) glycosidic bonds. 

Cellulose is the most abundant organic molecule in nature. It is a polysaccharide assembled from glucose monomer units, and it (together with other materials such as hemicellulose and lignin) is the main constituent of plant cell walls. Along with several undigestible polysaccharides, cellulose constitutes the main part of dietary fiber. Specifically cellulose is one of the components of insoluble fiber. 

Rayon is made from cellulose, a naturally occurring polymer, consisting of D-glucose monomer units joined by 14 glucosidic bonds, which form an ether linkage by the elimination of water. 

Nature makes wide use of biological polymers. Cellulose, for instance, is a polymer built of repeating glucose monomer units proteins are polymers built of repeating amino acid monomers and nucleic acids are polymers built of repeating nucleotide monomers. 

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