Polysaccharides are carbohydrate polymers in which monosaccharide ((CH2O)n) units are covalently joined by an O-glycosidic bond in either a branched or linear configuration. Polysaccharides serve ...
Linear polysaccharides are precipitated from 1 per cent solution in 30 per cent aqueous calcium chloride by the addition of aqueous potassium iodide–iodine solutions, whereas branched ...