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Which component of starch is a branched polymer of `alpha-`glucose and insoluble in water ?

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Starch is a polymer of `alpha`-glucose that has two components, namely amylose and amylopectin.
Out of these, amylopectin insoluble in water and constitutes about 80-85% of starch.
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