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polysaccharide

[pol-ee-sak-uh-rahyd, -rid] / ˌpɒl iˈsæk əˌraɪd, -rɪd /


NOUN
starch
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The researchers also tested a hydrogel adhesive that includes chitosan, a naturally occurring polysaccharide, and found that this adhesive also eliminated fibrosis in animal studies.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

He sometimes recommends polysaccharide extract from turkey tail as a supplement for selected patients.

From National Geographic • Jan. 31, 2024

The process also activates pectin, an acidic polysaccharide present in many fruits that sets the jam into a spreadable gel.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023

Other genes worth targeting would be those controlling chitin, the hard polysaccharide that makes up insects’ exoskeleton.

From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2023

Each individual polysaccharide which has been studied thus far yields only a single hexose, although the particular hexose obtained varies in different cases.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred




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