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Polysaccharides, literally meaning "many sugars" are linear chains or branched | Polysaccharides, literally meaning "many [[sugar|sugars]]" are linear chains or branched molecular structures composed of simple repeating [[monosaccharide|monosaccharide]] units. A single polysaccharide can be composed of many tens of thousands of monosaccharides, joined by a [[Glycosidic_bond|glycosidic bond]] <ref>Marks' Essentials of Medical Biochemistry (2007) M. Lieberman, AD. Marks, C. Smith. p43</ref>. | ||
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Polysaccharides, literally meaning "many sugars" are linear chains or branched molecular structures composed of simple repeating monosaccharide units. A single polysaccharide can be composed of many tens of thousands of monosaccharides, joined by a glycosidic bond [1].
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- ↑ Marks' Essentials of Medical Biochemistry (2007) M. Lieberman, AD. Marks, C. Smith. p43