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What are oligosaccharides? |
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Answer» \tOligosachharides contain 2 to 9 monosaccharides.\tOligosaccharides are basically classsified as disaccharides, trisaccharides, tetrasaccharides, pentasachharides and so on depending upon the number of monosaccharides present in the sugar.\tFructo-oligosaccharides and inulin oligosaccharides consist of short chains of fructose molecules, while galacto-oligosaccharides consist of short chains of galactose molecules. All three types of oligosaccharides occur naturally. An oligosaccharides is a saccharide polymer containing small number of monosaccharides. |
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