oligosaccharide

DEFINITIONS OF: oligosaccharide

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any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis; tetrasaccharide
any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield four monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis; trisaccharide
any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis; lactose, milk sugar
a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk; malt sugar, maltose
a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches; raffinose
a trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals; stachyose
a tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke; saccharose, sucrose
a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent

Type of:: carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar
an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

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