Biology A-Level
Carbohydrate synthesis and storage
What Carbohydrate synthesis and storage means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Carbohydrate synthesis and storage
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Triose phosphate is converted to hexose sugars such as glucose, which can be used in respiration or stored as starch, polymerised into cellulose for cell walls, or formed into sucrose for transport.
Topics that use Carbohydrate synthesis and storage
- Photosynthesis (OCR A-Level)
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