A group of low-molecular-weight carbohydrates produced by the hydrolysis of STARCH or GLYCOGEN. They are mixtures of polymers of D-glucose units linked by alpha-(1->4) or alpha-(1->6) glycosidic bonds.
NLM Classification #
QU 83
Public MeSH Note
1991; see STARCH 1979-1990; see POLYSACCHARIDES 1963-78
History Note
1991(1975); use STARCH 1979-1990; use POLYSACCHARIDES 1963-1978
A group of low-molecular-weight carbohydrates produced by the hydrolysis of STARCH or GLYCOGEN. They are mixtures of polymers of D-glucose units linked by alpha-(1->4) or alpha-(1->6) glycosidic bonds.
