What is the main difference between starch and cellulose?
Starch Cellulose
1. Structual polysaccharide Reserve food Polysaccharide
2. Always linear Always helical
3. Glucose monomers Amino sugar monomers
4. $α$ configuration in monomers $β$ configuration in monomers

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Glucose molecules in the starch have $α$ configuration whereas glucose molecules in cellulose have $β$ configuration.

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	Starch	Cellulose
1.	Structual polysaccharide	Reserve food Polysaccharide
2.	Always linear	Always helical
3.	Glucose monomers	Amino sugar monomers
4.	$α$ configuration in monomers	$β$ configuration in monomers