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Carbohydrates |
A sugar (monosaccharide) or on of its dimers (disaccharides) or polymers (polysaccharides) |
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Disaccharide |
A double sugar, consisting of two monosaccharides joined by dehydration synthesis |
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Glcosidic Linkage |
A covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides by a dehydration reactionreactionn synthesis |
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Polysaccharides |
A polymer of up to over a thousand monosaccharides, formed by dehydration reactions |
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Starch |
A storage polysaccharide in plants consisting entirely of glucose |
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Glycogen |
An extensively branched glucose storage polysaccharide found in the liver and muscle of animals; the animal equivalent of starch |
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Cellulose |
A structural polysaccharide of cell walls, consisting of glucose monomers joined by β-1, 4-glycosidc linkages |
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Chitin |
A structural polysaccharide of an amino sugar found in many fungi and in the exoskeletons of all arthropods |
