What Is the Difference Between Starch & Glucose?
Glucose is a simple sugar molecular. Glucose molecules hooked together in a specific way creates starch molecules. Plants store excess glucose in the form of starch. When glucose is needed, plants break down the links between the glucose molecules in starch and obtain free glucose molecules, which are then available for energy. Starch is very similar to cellulose, except for the way in which the glucose molecules are linked together. This difference has significant biochemical implications.
