OLIGOSACCHARIDE Antonyms

• 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

• a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers

• any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

• a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits

• a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy

• a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates

• any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules

• a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

• a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

• stiffen with starch

• a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

• 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

• informal terms for money

• sweeten with sugar