Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:18154
Name
polysaccharide
Ontology
Synonyms
Polysaccharide, polysaccharides, Glycan, Glycane, Glykan, Glykane, glycans, polisacarido, polisacaridos
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A biomacromolecule consisting of large numbers of monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically. This term is commonly used only for those containing more than ten monosaccharide residues. [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
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Parents of polysaccharide (CHEBI:18154)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
polysaccharide [is_a relation] is_a  glycan (CHEBI:167559)
polysaccharide [is_a relation] is_a  carbohydrate (CHEBI:16646)
polysaccharide [is_a relation] is_a  biomacromolecule (CHEBI:33694)
Children of polysaccharide (CHEBI:18154)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
homopolysaccharide (CHEBI:37164) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide
polysaccharide derivative (CHEBI:65212) [has_functional_parent relation] has_functional_parent  polysaccharide
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