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Offline zzoul

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dissacharides and polysaccharides
« on: February 01, 2007, 04:21:27 AM »


What is the process through which monosaccharides form disaccharides and/or polysaccharides?
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Re: dissacharides and polysaccharides
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2007, 04:44:52 AM »
Two terms are used: glycosylation (more general), and glycosidation (blycosidic bond between sugars)
http://www.usm.maine.edu/~newton/Chy251_253/Lectures/CarbohydratesIII/CarbohydratesIII.html
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Re: dissacharides and polysaccharides
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2007, 11:45:32 PM »
Basically, condensation between monomers of the monosaccharide to form glycosidic bond(s).
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