Dieting and Weight Loss
What are some examples of starches?
Are starches and sugars are examples of carbohydrates?
Asked in Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Bonding
What is a long chain of monosaccharides bonded together called?
What atoms make up carbohydrates?
Asked in Cooking Techniques, Potatoes
Why is there a change in taste after cooking potatoes?
Does fruit contain starch?
Yes, actually almost all fruits contain starches to some degree or another. The process of ripening is actually a breakdown of starches into fructose (in most fruits). Bananas and plantains are well-known examples of high-starch fruit and as such are the traditional staple starch food source of many tropical areas.
Asked in Indonesia, English to Indonesian
What is the word 'starches' when translated from English to Indonesian?
Asked in Biology
Are starches and sugars examples of lipids?
Sugars and starches are, in fact, not lipids, but rather carbohydrates. Of the four biological macro molecules (carbohydrates/polysaccharides, proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids), lipids are hydrophobic (not water soluble), less easily metabolized, and waxy or slippery to the touch. In contrast, sugars and starches are energy storying molecules and are soluble in water, which is consistent with the definition of a carbohydrate.