It's a complex carbohydrate found in foods like bread ... the 1-4 linkages of the α-amylose component when digesting glycogen and starch to produce simple sugars; it's related to the grain's ...

Last January he announced (in Die Naturwissenschaften, 14, Heft 10) that he had succeeded in extracting the enzyme responsible for the production of lactic acid from carbohydrates in muscle ...