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polysaccharides
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Polysaccharide
Polysaccharides
are
polymeric
carbohydrate
molecules composed of long chains of
monosaccharide
units bound together by
glycosidic linkages
and on
hydrolysis
give the constituent
monosaccharides
or
oligosaccharides
. They range in structure from linear to highly branched. Examples include storage polysaccharides such as
starch
and
glycogen
, and structural polysaccharides such as
cellulose
and
chitin
.
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