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Words related to polysaccharide

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  • chitin

    a polysaccharide that is the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and of the bodies of fungi

  • dextran

    a polysaccharide produced by the action of bacteria on sucrose: used as a substitute for plasma in blood transfusions

  • floridean starch

    the storage polysaccharide of red algae.

  • glycogen

    a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.

  • glycosaminoglycan

    any of a class of polysaccharides derived from hexosamine that form mucins when complexed with proteins: formerly called mucopolysaccharide.

  • heparin

    Biochemistry. a polysaccharide, occurring in various tissues, especially the liver, and having anticoagulent properties.
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