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functionally polysaccharides are of three types - storage structural mucopolysaccharidesstorage polysaccharides function as reserve food which can be
mucopolysaccharidesthey are heteropolysaccharides of high molecular weight that are gelatinous is consistency functioning in lubrication and as
mucoproteins glycoproteinsproteins having conjugated mucosaccharides that form viscous mucus or mucoid secretionsthe gastric mucus or mucoprotein is
heparinit is highly sulphated mucopolysaccharide made of alternate units of glucosamine and glucuronic acidheparin is mainly produced by liver and
chondroitin sulphateit is a linear polymer of sulphated n-acetylgalactosamine alternating with glucuronic or iduronic acidthe complex also occurs in
hyaluronic acidit is formed by alternating unit of d-glucuronic acid and n-acetylglucosaminehyaluronic acid acts as animal cement between adjacent
agar - agarit is cell wall mucopolysaccharide of some red algae eg gelidium gelidiella gracillariaagar is used as culture medium thickener stabilizer
pectinit consists of methylated galacturonic acid galactose amp arabinoseit is also called plant cement becuase it binds layers of cell wallit is a
hemicelluloseit consists of mannose galactose arabinose amp xyloseit is a structural polysaccharide which helps in formation of cell wallmaximum
chitinit is polymer of n-acetyl-d-glucosamineit is a structural homopolysaccharide found in the fungal walls as fungus cellulose and as chitin in the
dextrinintermediate product of hydrolysis of starchit consists of maltose amp glucoseit is found in yeast amp some
celluloseit is a linear polymer of b -d-glucoseit is the structural polysaccharide of plant cell walls walls of some primitive fungi some protists
insulinlinear polymer of b-d-glucoseinsulin is small-sized 25 - 35 residues fructosan homopolysaccharide which is a reserve carbohydrate present in
glycogenpolymer of a-d-glucose it has 5000-30000 units of a-d-glucoseglycogen is glucosan homopolysaccharide which is the major reserve food of
starch -polymer of a-d-glucosestarch is glucosan homopolysaccharide which is the major reserve food of plantsstarch is formed as an end product of
homopolysaccharides homoglycansthese are complex carbohydrats that are formed by repeated condensation or polymerisation of only one type of
polysaccharidespolysaccharides are complex carbohydratespolysaccharides are also called glycansthese are insoluble in waterpolysaccharides are not
tetrasaccharidesthe oligosaccharides are formed by condensation of four monosaccharidestrachyose is a nonreducing tetrasaccharide found in plants as
trisaccharidesthe oligosaccharides are made of three monosaccharide residuesa common trisaccharides is raffinose which is formed by condensation of
disaccharidesthey are oligosaccharides composed of two monosaccharide residues three common disaccharides are sucrose glucose fructose cane
oligosaccharidesthey are small-sized polymers of monosaccharides having 2 - 6 simple sugars occasionally upto 9 - 10oligosaccharides are soluble in
chemical propertiesmonosaccharides have two special chemical propertiesi reducing natureall the monosaccharides are reducing sugarsit can reduce cu2
physical propertiesall monosaccharides which have an asymmetric carbon are able to rotate polarized light either to left side laevorotatory or
monosaccharide derivativesthey are modified monosaccharidesglycosidesthey are compounds formed by condensation reaction between a sugar and hydroxyl
carbohydratescarbohydrate hydrate of carbonhydroxyl group presentaldehyde group or keto group may presentcarbohydrates are polyhydroxy