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( Polysaccharide)
Polysaccharides are relatively complex carbohydrates. They are polymers made up of many monosaccharides joined together by glycosidic bonds. They are therefore very large, often branched, macromolecules. They tend to be amorphous, insoluble in water, and have no sweet taste. When all the monosaccharides in a polysaccharide are the same type the polysaccharide is called a homopolysaccharide, but when more than one type of monosaccharide is present they are called heteropolysaccharides. Examples include storage polysaccharides such as starch and glycogen and structural polysaccharides such as cellulose and chitin. Polysaccharides have a general formula of Cn(H2O)n-1 where n is usually a large number between 200 and 2500. Considering that the repeating units in the polymer backbone are often six-carbon monosaccharides, the general formula can also be represented as (C6H10O5)n where n={40...3000}.
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Polysaccharide Subcategories
Polysaccharide Articles
Carbohydrates Play an Important Role in Weight Loss by Michael Podlesny
There are so many fad diets on the market today. Many have you eliminate carbohydrates from your diet all together. However carbohydrates play an important role in weight loss. Your muscles need carbohydrates for energy and to rebuild. As your muscle...
Carbohydrates: So Simple Yet So Complex by Marc David
Copyright 2006 Marc David
The further on your read, you'll begin to understand that everyone needs energy and the best source of energy is from carbohydrates. Roughly 50%-80% of your nutritional intake should come from carbohydrates! (not inclu...
What do Glyconutrients,Polysaccharides and Cell Communicators Have in Common? by Ann Stewart
Answer: they are one and the same! A rose by a different name...! All this mumbo-jumbo about Latin and Greek therapeutic terminologies had been going way over my head for a while. But, suddenly the light lit! Since trying a wonderful produ...
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