Tetrasaccharide

This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on Tetrasaccharide is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:

Related Sponsors

BM Pharmacy Generic pharmaceuticals at unbeatable prices. Insomnia, men's health, hair health, pain control. bmpharmacy.com
Online Pharmacy Carisoprodol, tadalafil, sildenafil, vardenafil and more... xlpharmacy.com
MedBasket.com Discreet. Inexpensive. Fast shipping. Great selection. What more can we say? medbasket.com
Frugalmed 2000 reasons to shop with us first. frugalmed.com
Ads by Tiva

 This article does not cite any references or sources.
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. (November 2006)
Chemical structure of stachyose

A tetrasaccharide is a carbohydrate which gives upon hydrolysis four molecules of the same or different monosaccharides. For example, stachyose upon hydrolysis gives one molecule each of glucose and fructose and two molecules of galactose. The general formula of a tetrasaccharide is typically C24H42O21.

Examples

Tetrasaccharide Unit 1 Bond Unit 2 Bond Unit 3 Bond Unit 4
Nystose glucose α(1→2) fructose β(1→2) fructose β(1→2) fructose
Nigerotetraose glucose α(1→3) glucose α(1→3) glucose α(1→3) glucose
Stachyose galactose α(1→6) galactose α(1→6) glucose α(1→3) fructose

See also

v • d • e
Types of Carbohydrates
General:
Geometry
Monosaccharides
Ketotriose (Dihydroxyacetone) · Aldotriose (Glyceraldehyde)
Ketotetrose (Erythrulose) · Aldotetroses (Erythrose, Threose)
Multiple
Tetrasaccharides
Glycosaminoglycans
Aminoglycosides
Major families of biochemicals
Saccharides · Carbohydrates · Glycosides ·  · Amino acids · Peptides · Proteins · Glycoproteins ·  · Lipids · Terpenes · Steroids · Carotenoids
Alkaloids · Nucleobases · Nucleic acids ·  · Enzyme cofactors · Flavonoids · Polyketides · Tetrapyrroles


 This organic chemistry article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Wikipedia content modification information:

  • This page was last modified on 21 November 2008, at 17:14.

Wikipedia Authorship and Review

Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.

Wikipedia Usage Guidelines

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "Tetrasaccharide".

The URL for this specific entry is:

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.