Term Name: | maltooligosaccharide |
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Synonyms: | (1->4)-alpha-D-glucooligosaccharides, maltooligosaccharides |
Definition: | A glucooligosaccharide derived from glucose monomers linked via alpha-D-1,4 bonds as in maltose. The term is commonly applied to the series of linear oligosaccharides composed of two, three, four, five and six such units of glucose. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:17593] ( EBI ) |