Natural Polymers

• Glucose and amino acids are an example of a natural monomer
• Starch, cellulose and proteins are examples of natural polymers
• Starch (a polysaccharide) is made up of 1500 glucose monomers in branched chains

  
• Cellulose (a polysaccharide) is made up of 10,000 glucose monomers in straight chains

  
• Starch or cellulose is made through Condensation Polymerisation
• Proteins (a polypeptide) can be made through condensation polymerisation with the monomer amino acids