Wood composition
Wood is generally made of
carbohydrates that can range from simple sugars to
complex combinations of sugars. Three common
carbohydrates are cellulose, starch, and glycogen.
Cellulose is made from long chains of glucose
molecules that are for the most part linear, these
help to maintain the structure of the wood.
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https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/File:GluoseFormsCellulose.jpg
Starch is made up of very branched glucose molecule
chains; the primary purpose of these is to act as
energy resource.
Image from:
http://www.science-projects.com/Amylase.htm
Glycogen structures are chains of glucose molecules
that are extremely branched, these structures like
starch is used as energy stores.
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http://biology.tutorvista.com/biomolecules/carbohydrates.html