sac·cha·ride

(săk′ə-rīd′)

Any of a series of sweet-tasting carbohydrates, especially a simple sugar or an oligomer or polymer of simple sugars.

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saccharide

(ˈsækəˌraɪd; -rɪd)

(Elements & Compounds) any sugar or other carbohydrate, esp a simple sugar

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sac•cha•ride

(ˈsæk əˌraɪd, -ər ɪd)

n.

1. an organic compound containing a sugar or sugars.

2. a simple sugar; monosaccharide.

3. an ester of sucrose.

[1855–60]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

saccharide - 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

carbohydrate, sugar

ribose - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid

beet sugar - sugar made from sugar beets

cane sugar - sucrose obtained from sugar cane

deoxyribose - a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids

invert sugar - a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose

macromolecule, supermolecule - any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals

maple sugar - sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree

monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar - a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates

oligosaccharide - any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules

jaggary, jaggery, jagghery - unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap

wood sugar, xylose - a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics

Translations

sakkaridi

diholosidesaccaridesaccharide

sacharyd

sackarid

sac·cha·ride

n. sacárido, compuesto químico que pertenece a una serie de carbohidratos que incluye los azúcares.

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The glycosyl fluoride derivative behaved as glycosyl donor and as glycosyl acceptor at the same time, leading to the formation of a mixture of self-condensed products; a selective cross-coupling between the glucose moiety with another saccharide moiety could not be achieved.

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Once it is established that the optimum value of the peak current for our biosensor occurs at pH 6.5 for lactose, experiments were conducted under these conditions in order to obtain calibration curves for this saccharide. The results of the experiment are shown in Figure 5, where the peak currents are reported as a function of lactose concentration.

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Previously, we had reported a novel saccharide detection strategy utilizing saccharide-induced conformational changes in fluorescent boronic acid polymers, which was synthesized from a radical copolymerization of a boronic acid monomer and a pyrene monomer [22].

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Multiple posttranslational modifications occur in the Golgi complex, including the addition of disaccharides as well as epimerisation and sulfation of saccharide units, all performed by various glycosyltransferases, epimerases, and sulfotransferases [3].

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It has been found that the degradation of CMC attains a maximum at 294[degrees]C where the mass loss is ascribed to the loss of C[O.sub.2] and the dehydration of saccharide rings and the breaking of C--O--C bonds in the chain of CMC [31, 41].

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