Disaccharides contain two sugar units Oligosaccharides contain 3 to 10 sugar units Polysaccharides contain more than 10 sugar units. The general formula for a monosaccharide is (CH2O)n.

Every sugar is categorized as either a monosaccharide or disaccharide. A monosaccharide is a simple sugar molecule. It is the smallest building block of all sugars. There are three types of ...

The methods for both UV and fluorescence disaccharide analyses detailed within this protocol are tailored to the compositional analysis of heparin and HS specifically, as they contain the same ...