Polysaccharides

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Polysaccharides are carbohydrates formed from up to a thousand monosaccharides. In other words, it is a large carbohydrate molecule that contains many small sugar molecules that are joined chemically, also called glycan.

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Structural polysaccharides

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Examples of polysaccharides include cellulose and amylose

Anatomy and physiology of animals-Polysaccharides
Anatomy and physiology of animals-Polysaccharides

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Monosaccharides - these are the most basic, fundamental unit of a carbohydrates that are simple sugars with the general chemical structure of C6H12O6.

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