Associations to the word «Oligosaccharide»

Wiktionary

OLIGOSACCHARIDE, noun. (carbohydrate) a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and seven monosaccharide units

Dictionary definition

OLIGOSACCHARIDE, noun. Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis.

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley