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Is chitin a monosaccharide a disaccharide or a polysaccharide?
Chitin is actually a polysaccharide. While the number of monomers of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine that makes up chitin is unspecified, it is assumed to be greater than 2 in order to make it a proper polysaccharide. Disaccharides only have two saccharide subunits (examples are sucrose and maltose).
Do fish scales contain chitin?
Chitin
Chitin is an example of what?
chitin is an example of a carbohydrate
Is chitin soluble?
Chitin is not soluble in water.
Is chitin a homo-polymer?
is chitin an homopolymer
Is chitin a monosaccharide a disaccharide or polysaccharide?
Chitin is actually a polysaccharide. While the number of monomers of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine that makes up chitin is unspecified, it is assumed to be greater than 2 in order to make it a proper polysaccharide. Disaccharides only have two saccharide subunits (examples are sucrose and maltose).
How do you prepare colloidal chitin from chitin flakes?
You get the colloidal chitin an throw it into a burning pit of death
What type of molecule is the Chitin?
macro molecule chitin is
From what language do you get the word chitin?
"chitin" comes from the French word "chitine", meaning the same substance, chitin.
Are invertebrates made of chitin?
Many invertebrates (though not all) have chitin in their structures. Arthropods (insects, crustaceans, etc.) have exoskeletons made of chitin. Insects (such as butterflies) have wings made of chitin. Mollusks have shells strengthened by chitin. Cephalopods (octopus and squid) have beaks made of chitin.
What organisms contain the polysaccharide chitin?
Fungi have cell walls made of chitin and insects, arthropods, have chitin exoskeletons.
What do fungi use chitin for?
Chitin makes the cell wall
