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- Polysaccharide abstract "Polysaccharides are polymeric carbohydrate molecules composed of long chains of monosaccharide units bound together by glycosidic linkages and on hydrolysis give the constituent monosaccharides or oligosaccharides. They range in structure from linear to highly branched. Examples include storage polysaccharides such as starch and glycogen, and structural polysaccharides such as cellulose and chitin.Polysaccharides are often quite heterogeneous, containing slight modifications of the repeating unit. Depending on the structure, these macromolecules can have distinct properties from their monosaccharide building blocks. They may be amorphous or even insoluble in water. When all the monosaccharides in a polysaccharide are the same type, the polysaccharide is called a homopolysaccharide or homoglycan, but when more than one type of monosaccharide is present they are called heteropolysaccharides or heteroglycans.Natural saccharides are generally of simple carbohydrates called monosaccharides with general formula (CH2O)n where n is three or more. Examples of monosaccharides are glucose, fructose, and glyceraldehyde. Polysaccharides, meanwhile, have a general formula of Cx(H2O)y where x is usually a large number between 200 and 2500. Considering that the repeating units in the polymer backbone are often six-carbon monosaccharides, the general formula can also be represented as (C6H10O5)n where 40≤n≤3000.Polysaccharides contain more than ten monosaccharide units. Definitions of how large a carbohydrate must be to fall into the categories polysaccharides or oligosaccharides vary according to personal opinion. Polysaccharides are an important class of biological polymers. Their function in living organisms is usually either structure- or storage-related. Starch (a polymer of glucose) is used as a storage polysaccharide in plants, being found in the form of both amylose and the branched amylopectin. In animals, the structurally similar glucose polymer is the more densely branched glycogen, sometimes called 'animal starch'. Glycogen's properties allow it to be metabolized more quickly, which suits the active lives of moving animals.Cellulose and chitin are examples of structural polysaccharides. Cellulose is used in the cell walls of plants and other organisms, and is said to be the most abundant organic molecule on Earth. It has many uses such as a significant role in the paper and textile industries, and is used as a feedstock for the production of rayon (via the viscose process), cellulose acetate, celluloid, and nitrocellulose. Chitin has a similar structure, but has nitrogen-containing side branches, increasing its strength. It is found in arthropod exoskeletons and in the cell walls of some fungi. It also has multiple uses, including surgical threads. Polysaccharides also include callose or laminarin, chrysolaminarin, xylan, arabinoxylan, mannan, fucoidan and galactomannan.".
- Polysaccharide thumbnail Cellulose-Ibeta-from-xtal-2002-3D-balls.png?width=300.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageExternalLink complexoligosacch.htm.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageExternalLink www.epnoe.eu.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageExternalLink www.polysaccharidecenter.com.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageID "23978".
- Polysaccharide wikiPageLength "21508".
- Polysaccharide wikiPageOutDegree "171".
- Polysaccharide wikiPageRevisionID "706842449".
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Adipose_tissue.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Algae.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Ammonia.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Amorphous_solid.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Amylopectin.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Amylose.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Antigen.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Arabinose.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Arabinoxylan.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Atom.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Atomic_mass_unit.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Bacteria.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Basal_metabolic_rate.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Bile_acid.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Biofilm.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Biopolymer.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Brain.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Callose.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Carbohydrate.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Carboxylic_acid.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Category:Carbohydrate_chemistry.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Category:Polysaccharides.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Cell_(biology).
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Cell_wall.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Cellulose.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Chemoreceptor.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Chitin.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Chitinase.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Chitosan.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Cholesterol.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Chrysolaminarin.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Concentration.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Conjugate_vaccine.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Cotton.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Cytosol.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Dextran.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Dietary_fiber.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Diol.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Ecology.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Energy.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Enzyme.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Escherichia_coli.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Ester.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Exoskeleton.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Extracellular_polymeric_substance.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Flagellin.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Fructose.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Fucoidan.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Function_(biology).
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Fungus.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Galactomannan.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Gastrointestinal_tract.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Glucose.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Glucose_cycle.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Glycan.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Glyceraldehyde.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Glycogen.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Glycogenesis.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Glycogenin.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Glycosidic_bond.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Glycosylation.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Hepatocyte.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Hydrolysis.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Intermittent_fasting.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Kidney.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Laminarin.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Lignin.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Lipopolysaccharide.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Liver.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Macromolecule.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Maize.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Mannan.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Metabolic_pathway.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Molecular_mass.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Molecule.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Monosaccharide.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Mucin.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Muscle.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Neuroglia.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Nitrogen.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Nucleotide.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Nucleotide_sugar.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Oligosaccharide.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Oligosaccharide_nomenclature.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Organic_compound.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Organism.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Paper.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Pathogenic_bacteria.
- Polysaccharide wikiPageWikiLink Pectin.