Oligosaccharides and Polysaccharides

• Oligosaccharides - carbohydrates that contain two or more than two monosaccharides
• Polysaccharides - long chains of carbohydrates molecules, composed of several smaller monosaccharides
• Oligosaccharides - compose of 2 to 10 monosaccharides residues
• What are the types of Oligosaccharides?

  Disaccharides, Trisaccharide, Tetrasaccharides
• Polysaccharides - major classes of biomolecules, long chains of carbohydrate molecules, composed of several smaller monosaccharides
• What are the two categorization of a polysaccharide?

  Homopolysaccharides, Heteropolysaccharides
• Homopolysaccharides - a polysaccharide that contains the same type of monosaccharides
• What are important homopolysaccharides?

  Glycogen, Cellulose, Starch, Inulin
• Heteropolysaccharides - a polysaccharide that contains different types of monosaccharides
• What are some important heteropolysaccharides?

  Hyaluronic Acid, Heparin, Chondroitin-4-sulfate, Gamma Globulin