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Oligosaccharide vs Hexasaccharide - What's the difference?

oligosaccharide | hexasaccharide |

As nouns the difference between oligosaccharide and hexasaccharide

is that oligosaccharide is while hexasaccharide is (carbohydrate) any oligosaccharide containing six sugar residues.

oligosaccharide

English

Noun

(wikipedia oligosaccharide) (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) a polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and seven monosaccharide units

    • Derived terms

    * fructooligosaccharide

    hexasaccharide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) Any oligosaccharide containing six sugar residues