OLIGOSACCHARIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oligosaccharide mean? 

• OLIGOSACCHARIDE (noun)
  The noun OLIGOSACCHARIDE has 1 sense:

1. any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

  Familiarity information: OLIGOSACCHARIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLIGOSACCHARIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("oligosaccharide" is a kind of...):

carbohydrate; saccharide; sugar (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oligosaccharide"):

disaccharide (any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis)

tetrasaccharide (any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield four monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis)

trisaccharide (any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis)

 Context examples 

An oligosaccharide composed of fructose units.

(Fructooligosaccharide, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

The low fucose content of the oligosaccharide side chains of this antibody may enhance binding of the antibody Fc region to lymphocyte Fc receptors.

(Ecromeximab, NCI Thesaurus)

Members of this family are transmembrane proteins and are able to interact with both oligosaccharides on the extracellular surface and the cytoplasmic contractile proteins spectrin and actin.

(Glycophorin, NCI Thesaurus)

Eliminative cleavage of polysaccharides containing 1,4-linked D-glucuronate or L-iduronate residues and 1,4-a-linked 2-sulfoamino-2-deoxy-6-sulfo-D-glucose residues to give oligosaccharides with terminal 4-deoxy-a-D-gluc-4-enuronosyl groups at their non-reducing ends.

(Heparinase, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by smooth, shiny colonies, a shorter generation time, and a unique phenolic glycolipid and lipo-oligosaccharide.

(Mycobacterium canetti, NCI Thesaurus)

An oligosaccharide enediyne antitumor antibiotic isolated from Micromonospora echinospora ssp.

(Calicheamicin Gamma 1I, NCI Thesaurus)

A mixture of highly sulfated, monophosphorylated mannose oligosaccharides, derived from the extracellular phosphomannan of the yeast Pichia (Hansenula) holstii, with potential antiangiogenic activity.

(Phosphomannopentaose Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

GSL represent a glycolipid subtype containing the amino alcohol sphingosine; tumor-associated GSL antigens contain various oligosaccharide residues.

(Alpha-Gal Glycosphingolipids, NCI Thesaurus)

An oligosaccharide anthracycline antibiotic isolated from strains of the bacterium Streptomyces galilaeus with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Aclacinomycin Antitumor Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

An antineoplastic oligosaccharide anthracycline antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces galilaeus.

(Aclacinomycin B, NCI Thesaurus)