polysaccharide

a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery

a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi

a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers

one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body

used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function

any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements

complex polysaccharides containing an amino group; occur chiefly as components of connective tissue

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 paper and textiles

starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root

a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

an acid derivative of cellulose

used for chromatography

a mixture of cellulose fibers

a viscous mucopolysaccharide found in the connective tissue space and the synovial fluid of movable joints and the humors of the eye; a cementing and protective substance

any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams

a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant

starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener

powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener

a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch

a starch obtained from the root of the pia