- Heterosaccharide
A heterosaccharide is a
glycoside in which asugar (saccharide ) group is attached to a nonsugar group.Used in such things as pectin
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Heterosaccharide
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heterosaccharide — A glycoside in which a sugar group is attached to a nonsugar group; e.g., amygdalin. * * * het·ero·sac·cha·ride (het″ər o sakґə rīd) a polysaccharide containing a carbohydrate and a noncarbohydrate unit. Cf. holosaccharide … Medical dictionary
holosaccharide — holo·sac·cha·ride (hōl″o sakґə rīd) a polysaccharide composed of sugar units only. Cf. heterosaccharide … Medical dictionary
