an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
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saccharide::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | carbohydrate, sugar |
| Type of | macromolecule, supermolecule |
| Has types | deoxyribose, invert sugar, jaggary, jaggery, jagghery, maple sugar, monosaccharide, monosaccharose, oligosaccharide, polyose, polysaccharide, ribose, simple sugar, wood sugar, beet sugar, xylose, cane sugar |
Examples of saccharide
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The term is most common in biochemistry, where it is a synonym of saccharide.
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The projection is totally unrealistic, as a saccharide would never adopt this multiply eclipsed conformation.
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This is due to the bacteria utilising the energy in the saccharide bond between the glucose and fructose subunits.
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The research is a culmination of prior studies that Serianni's research group has conducted on saccharide degradation and rearrangement.
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- Carbohydrate: an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
- A carbohydrate is an organic compound with the empirical formula Cm(H2O)n, that is, consists only of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, with the last two in the 2:1 atom ratio. Carbohydrates can be viewed as hydrates of carbon, hence their name. ...
- The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms
- (saccharides) SAK-uh-rides/ Another name for carbohydrates.
- A simple sugar or a more complex compound that can be hydrolyzed to simple sugar units.
- An organic molecule used as an energy source, the most common source of energy found in food, contains 4 calories per gram, aka carbohydrate
