Even women with less severe forms of PKU may place their unborn children at risk by not following the PKU diet. Babies born to mothers with high phenylalanine levels don't often inherit PKU. But they can have serious consequences if the level of phenylalanine is high in the mother's blood during pregnancy.
Four polysaccharides are starch, glycogen, cellulose and chitin. The function of starch and glycogen are to store energy with cells within a body. Cellulose and chitin are designed to protect cells. Continue Reading.
Cellulose is a common example of a simple polysaccharide, while gum Arabic is a highly-branched polysaccharide. Black tea has the highest concentration of polysaccharides due to its greater oxidation. The most common uses of tea polysaccharides generally relate to blood sugar levels and the cardiovascular system.