Which of the following is a heteropolysaccharide?

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Cellulose

Glucose

Chitin

Agar

answer is C.

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Heteropolysaccharides:

The composition of heteropolysaccharides is complex. It has a variety of sugar residues in non-uniform proportions.

Agarose is a natural heteropolysaccharide derived from red seaweed, and it is a structural part of its cell wall.

Chitin is a homopolysaccharide made up of N-acetyl glucosamine units.

Glucose is a monomer,it is not a polysaccharide.

Cellulose is a polymer of beta glucose units.

Agar is a poly-sulphated ester of galactose subunits.

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