different between saccharide vs glycan
saccharide
English
Etymology
From saccharo- +? -ide.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sæk.??.a?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sæk.?.?a?d/
Noun
saccharide (plural saccharides)
- (biochemistry) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:carbohydrate
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.ka.?id/
Noun
saccharide m (plural saccharides)
- (chemistry) Alternative form of saccaride
Further reading
- “saccharide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
saccharide From the web:
- what saccharide is starch
- what saccharide is sucrose
- what saccharide is glucose
- what saccharides are present in table sugar
- what saccharide is fructose
- what saccharide unit is pectin derived from
- what saccharide is maltose
- what saccharide is lactose
glycan
English
Noun
glycan (plural glycans)
- (cabrohydrate) Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
Derived terms
- peptidoglycan
Translations
Anagrams
- Glancy, clangy
glycan From the web:
- glycan meaning
- what is glycan analysis
- what do glycans do
- what is glycan renew used for
- glycanage
- what is glycan profiling
- what is glycan mapping
- what is glycan heterogeneity
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