Allan Hancock College is a public community college in Santa Maria, California, located in northern Santa Barbara County. Allan Hancock College has been ranked among the top 120 community colleges in the country and in the top five community colleges in the state of California. Allan Hancock offers undergraduate majors in 48 fields of study. Many of these fields are divided into different departments offering specific degrees or certificates.
It is also referred to as a polysaccharide, because it is a polymer of the monosaccharide glucose. Starch molecules include two types of glucose polymers, amylose and amylopectin, the latter being the major starch component in most plants, making up about three-fourths of the total starch in wheat flour. Amylose is a straight chain polymer with an average of about 200 glucose units per molecule.
Starch is a mixture of two polymers of glucose and thus has the general chemical formula of (C 6 H 10 O 5) n with n the number of glucose monomers.Starch molecules may reach a DP (Degree of Polymerisation) from a few hundred to many thousands of glucose monomers. The two polymers of starch are amylose and amylopectin.Depending on the plant, starch generally contains 20 to 25 percent amylose and 75 to 80 percent amylopectin. In general grain-derived starches have a higher amylose content as tuber-derived starches.he two polymers of starch are amylose and amylopectin. Depending on the plant, starch generally contains 20 to 25 percent amylose and 75 to 80 percent amylopectin. In general grain-derived starches have a higher amylose content as tuber-derived starches.