branched polysaccharide

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• Polysaccharide — Polysaccharides are relatively complex carbohydrates. They are polymers made up of many monosaccharides joined together by glycosidic bonds. They are therefore very large, often branched, macromolecules. They tend to be amorphous, insoluble in… …   Wikipedia

• polysaccharide — /pol ee sak euh ruyd , rid/, n. Chem. a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of… …   Universalium

• polysaccharide — Polymers of (arbitrarily) more than about ten monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically in branched or unbranched chains …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• polysaccharide — A carbohydrate containing a large number of saccharide groups; e.g., starch. Cf.:oligosaccharide. SYN: glycan. pneumococcal p. SYN: specific capsular substance. specific soluble p. SYN: specific capsular substance. * * * poly·sa …   Medical dictionary

• polysaccharide — n. a carbohydrate formed from many monosaccharides joined together in long linear or branched chains. Polysaccharides have two important functions: 1) as storage forms of energy; for example glycogen in animals and starch in plants, and 2) as… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• polysaccharide — A linear or branched polymer (e.g. starch, cellulose, etc.) composed of covalently linked monosaccharides, including cellulose, pectin and starch. Synonym: carbohydrate …   Glossary of Biotechnology

• glycogen — /gluy keuh jeuhn, jen /, n. Biochem. a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C6H10O5)n, molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and …   Universalium

• amylum — noun a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for… …   Useful english dictionary

• Pectin — (from Greek πηκτικός pektikos , congealed, curdled [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2382916 Pektikos, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek English Lexicon , at Perseus] ] ), a white …   Wikipedia

• glycogen — (gli ko jen) A highly branched polysaccharide containing glucose, which is used to store carbon and energy …   Dictionary of microbiology

• amylopectin — [ˌamɪləʊ pɛktɪn] noun Biochemistry the non crystallizable form of starch, consisting of branched polysaccharide chains …   English new terms dictionary