Comparative chart

Cellulose

It is an insoluble carbohydrate. Makes part of the cell wall. It is also a polymer a glucose where evey glucose is upside down.

Starch

Starch can be used by plants as an energy storage molecule. Consists of branched chains of up to half a million glucose subunits.

Glycogen

Glycogen is a polysaccharide that animals store. Glycogen stored in the liver and muscles of animals, is a chain of highly branched glucose subunits