Polysaccharide laminated structure

The majority of the carbohydrate chemists in this country have accepted the multibranched model for glycogen and amylopectin as the one representing a closer approximation to the true structure. Nevertheless, the Haworth and Hirst laminated model has been seriously considered as a possibility, inasmuch as it is consistent with practically all the data upon which Meyer and Bemfeld base their multibranched structure. Most of the experimental results can be interpreted so as to fit either model. By submitting glycogen and amylopectin to separate and consecutive action of phosphorylase and amylo-l,6-glucosidase, Lamer et oi. were able to examine the inner stmcture of these polysaccharides in... 

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