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| Saccharide is another term used for the word sugar - and an oligosaccharide commonly refers to a carbohydrate polymer whose molecules are composed of a relatively small number of monosaccharide units.<ref>Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer . Biochemistry Seventh Edition Freeman</ref>The parameters for an oligosaccharide vary - however, they are typically counted as any sugar with between 3 and 9 monosaccharide units. <br>Common oligosaccharides include glucose, fructose and galactose - which can often be bonded together through 1,4 glycosidic bonds to create disaccharides such as maltose, sucrose and lactose.
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| Oligosaccharides have many functions in humans and the most commonly investigated is their effect on animal cell plasma membranes where they play an important role in cell - cell recognition.<ref>Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter. Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fifth edition.</ref> | |
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