Inulin is a mixture of oligo- and polysaccharides composed of fructose moieties joined by beta(2–>1) linkages in linear chains. Almost each chain ends with a glucose moiety. Oligofructose is a synonym for fructo-oligosaccharides, with fructose moieties joined by beta(2–>1) linkages, as in inulin.

Examples of common oligosaccharides are raffinose and stachyose. It is a trisaccharide formed from the combination of three monomers: galactose, glucose, and fructose. When hydrolyzed with enzyme α-galactosidase, it yields D-galactose and sucrose.

Research has established that the oligosaccharides—verbascose, stachyose, and raffinose—are the major cause of soybean flatulence. They escape digestion and are fermented by intestinal microflora to form excessive amounts of carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

The most abundant oligosaccharides are those possessing two monosaccharide residues, commonly referred to as disaccharides. These include sucrose, maltose, lactose, cellobiose, and trehalose. Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucopyranose and fructofuranose (Fig.

oligosaccharide, any carbohydrate of from three to six units of simple sugars (monosaccharides). Most of the few naturally occurring oligosaccharides are found in plants. Raffinose, a trisaccharide found in many plants, consists of melibiose (galactose and glucose) and fructose.

Lactobacilli are well-equipped to metabolize oligosaccharides that occur in their habitats, including plants, milk, and the (upper) intestinal tract of humans and animals.

Sandwiched between simple sugars (monosaccharides) and starches (polysaccharides) are oligosaccharides. Oligosaccharides are a type of carbohydrate that acts as a prebiotic, providing food for the good bacteria in the gut.

Oligosaccharides are not commonly found free in cells, but instead are found covalently attached to proteins, which are then said to be glycosylated. Oligosaccharides attached to proteins may be N-linked (through asparagine) or O-linked (though serine or threonine).

oligosaccharide, any carbohydrate of from three to six units of simple sugars (monosaccharides). A large number of oligosaccharides have been prepared by partially breaking down more complex carbohydrates (polysaccharides). Most of the few naturally occurring oligosaccharides are found in plants.

Specimens from patients with beta-mannosidosis, mucolipidosis II, and mucolipidosis III, generally do not contain oligosaccharides in urine. Urinary oligosaccharides may also be detected in Pompe disease (a glycogen storage disease), as well as Gaucher and Sandhoff diseases (sphingolipidoses).

The disorders of the circulatory system could be defined as any ailment which affects the heart, blood vessels, and the blood cells. This disorder leads to the insufficient or reduced transportation of blood, oxygen, hormones, and nutrients to the tissue and cells.

Glycoprotein storage disorders are caused by deficiencies of enzymes required for the degradation of oligosaccharide chains. Oligosaccharidoses clinically resemble mucopolysaccharidoses, varying from coarse facial features, bone and joint dysplasia, hepatosplenomegaly, and mental regression to an almost normal phenotype.

There is an increased accumulation of oligosaccharides in the urine of individuals with the any of the mucolipidoses and certain glycoprotein storage disorders. Glycoprotein storage disorders are caused by deficiencies of enzymes required for the degradation of oligosaccharide chains.