oligosaccharide

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İngilizce - Türkçe
(Tıp) Hidroliz edildiğinde birkaç monosakarid molekülü meydana getiren basit bir şeker
İngilizce - İngilizce
a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and seven monosaccharide units
Any carbohydrate with a few (between 3 and about 6 to 10) units of simple sugars (monosaccharides). A wide variety of oligosaccharides are made by partially breaking down polysaccharides. Most of the few naturally occurring oligosaccharides are found in plants; those in animals tend to be combined in glycoproteins
{i} carbohydrate which produces few monosaccharides on hydrolysis (Chemistry)
any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis