What makes a polysaccharide?

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What makes a polysaccharide?

Post by dudeman2491 » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:26 pm

What is the minimum number of monosaccharides that make a polysaccharide?

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Post by JackBean » Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:23 am

oligosaccharide is usually taken as 2-10, so anything larger should be polysaccharide ;)
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