Polysaccharide
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polysaccharide-185-1746929
title:
Polysaccharide
text:
Polysaccharides, or polycarbohydrates, are the most abundant carbohydrates found in food. They are long-chain polymeric carbohydrates composed of monosaccharide units bound together by glycosidic linkages. This carbohydrate can react with water (hydrolysis) using amylase enzymes as catalyst, which produces constituent sugars (monosaccharides or oligosaccharides). They range in structure from linear to highly branched. Examples include storage polysaccharides such as starch, glycogen and galactog
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Long carbohydrate polymers such as starch, glycogen, cellulose, and chitin
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysaccharide
date created:
2002-02-25T15:43:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T14:56:50Z
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