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amylopectin
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amylopectin /am·y·lo·pec·tin/ (am″ĭ-lo-pek´tin) a highly branched, water-insoluble glucan, the insoluble constituent of starch; the soluble constituent is amylose.
am·y·lo·pec·tin (m-l-pktn)
n.
The highly branched, almost insoluble polysaccaride that is a constituent of starch.

amylopectin [am″ĭ-lo-pek´tin]
the insoluble constituent of starch; the soluble constituent is amylose.

amylopectin
the insoluble constituent of starch; the soluble constituent is amylose.


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Since amylopectine corresponds to a branched polymer, and amylose corresponds to a linear polymer, the observed differences in clay dispersion could also be explained on this basis.
 
 
 
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