homopolysaccharide
CHEBI:CHEBI_37164
Definition
Glycans composed of a single type of monosaccharide residue. They are named by replacing the ending '-ose' of the sugar by '-an'.
Alternative Names
- homoglycan
- homopolysaccharide
- homopolysaccharides
Drug Classification
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polysaccharideView Class →
CHEBI:18154
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glucanView Class →
CHEBI:37163
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glucan derivativeView Class →
CHEBI:71298
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galactanView Class →
CHEBI:37165
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fructanView Class →
CHEBI:28796
Important Medical Information
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Additional Identifiers
- core#notation
- CHEBI:37164
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Additional Attributes
- oboInOwl#hasOBONamespace
- chebi_ontology
- oboInOwl#id
- CHEBI:37164
- core#notation
- CHEBI:37164
- oboInOwl#inSubset
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR
- 22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
- http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
- owl#annotatedSource
- t207201