different between oligosaccharide vs tetrasaccharide

oligosaccharide

English

Etymology

From oligo- +? saccharide

Noun

oligosaccharide (plural oligosaccharides)

  1. (biochemistry) A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units.

Derived terms

Translations

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tetrasaccharide

English

Etymology

tetra- +? saccharide

Noun

tetrasaccharide (plural tetrasaccharides)

  1. (biochemistry) Any oligosaccharide having four sugar residues

Hyponyms

  • acarbose
  • nystose
  • stachyose

Coordinate terms

  • monosaccharide
  • disaccharide
  • trisaccharide
  • oligosaccharide
  • polysaccharide

tetrasaccharide From the web:

  • what is glucose tetrasaccharide
  • what is glucose
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