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What is an oligosaccharide?

What is an oligosaccharide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and seven monosaccharide units
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The buffering agent is a phosphorylated oligosaccharide in the form of a sodium salt or a calcium salt.
One group of babies was fed infant formula containing the 'prebiotic' oligosaccharide mixture.
This may be explained by the difference in interaction of the tip with the polar zwitterionic PC headgroups and the anionic oligosaccharide headgroups of the ganglioside.
The term includes other soluble or insoluble fibrous plant substances, such as hemicelluloses, pectin, lignin and oligosaccharide fibres.
In fact, the actual epitope which is recognized is an oligosaccharide which is found on all these antigens.
Inulin is a naturally occurring oligosaccharide that feeds bifidobacteria in the large intestine.

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