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Mesh term Oligosaccharides

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Polysaccharides

Description

Carbohydrates consisting of between two (DISACCHARIDES) and ten MONOSACCHARIDES connected by either an alpha- or beta-glycosidic link. They are found throughout nature in both the free and bound form.


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Disaccharides
Oligosaccharides, Branched-Chain
Trisaccharides


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