SHEET /m/starch · MoleculeFinder curated (no single PubChem compound) · REV 2026.07
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Starch
from sourcepolysaccharide · food flavor
What is Starch?
How plants store glucose, and the biggest single source of calories in the human diet. Bread, rice, potatoes, and pasta are largely this. Found in bread and breakfast cereal. from source
CategoryFood & flavor
No single structure
Starch is a polysaccharide: a large chain of sugar units. It has no single 2D or 3D structure, molecular weight or SMILES, so MoleculeFinder models it by hand.
ClassPolysaccharideinferred
Where you'll find it
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