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.
1 Storage polysaccharides; for example, starch and glycogen. 2  Structural polysaccharides; for example, cellulose, chitin, and pectin. 3  Acidic polysaccharides that contain carboxyl, phosphate and/or sulfuric ester groups.  Bacterial capsular polysaccharides produced by pathogenic bacteria in the form of thick mucus.