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what are polysaccharides?

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Polysaccharides are complex carbohydrates made up of several monosaccharides
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Literally: "multiple sugars" in Greek. One sugar molecule is a 5-6 carbon +1 oxygen compound bound into a ring. A polysaccharide is multiple sugars bound together in an end-to-end fashion with an oxygen in between each pair of "rings".
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