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am·y·lo·pec·tin

 (ăm′ə-lō-pĕk′tĭn)
n.
A highly branched polysaccharide of high molecular weight that is one of the two main components, along with amylose, of starches.
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amylopectin

(ˌæmɪləʊˈpɛktɪn)
n
(Biochemistry) the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine. Compare amylose
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am•y•lo•pec•tin

(ˌæm ə loʊˈpɛk tɪn)

n.
the outer, insoluble component of starch granules. Compare amylose.
[1900–05]
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The [alpha]-amylase enzyme hydrolyzes [alpha]-1-4 glycosidic linkages in polysaccharides (starch-amylase, amylopectine and glycogen) to produce maltose units.
Walker, "Simultaneous, rapid; spectrophotometric determination of total starch, amylase and amylopectine," Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, vol.
Starch is a semicrystalline complex polysaccharide mainly composed of linear amylose and nonlinear amylopectine. Also, the plasticized starch matrix has already shown its potential as a basic matrix for the production of drug release system by melt-extrusion [2].