Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:50699
Name
oligosaccharide
Ontology
Synonyms
Oligosaccharide, oligosaccharides, O-glycosylglycoside, O-glycosylglycosides, oligosacarido, oligosacaridos
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A compound in which monosaccharide units are joined by glycosidic linkages. The term is commonly used to refer to a defined structure as opposed to a polymer of unspecified length or a homologous mixture. When the linkages are of other types the compounds are regarded as oligosaccharide analogues. [source: unknown]
Comment
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Subset
None
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Parents of oligosaccharide (CHEBI:50699)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
oligosaccharide [is_a relation] is_a  carbohydrate (CHEBI:16646)
oligosaccharide [is_a relation] is_a  glycan (CHEBI:167559)
Children of oligosaccharide (CHEBI:50699)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
trisaccharide (CHEBI:27150) [is_a relation] is_a  oligosaccharide
raffinose family oligosaccharide (CHEBI:74961) [is_a relation] is_a  oligosaccharide
disaccharide (CHEBI:36233) [is_a relation] is_a  oligosaccharide
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