#polysaccharide__polyose  any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules
  supertype:  #carbohydrate__saccharide__sugar  an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
  subtype:  #heparin__lipohepin__Liquaemin  a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibit the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; heparin sodium (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis
  subtype:  #chitin  a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi
  subtype:  #cellulose  a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers
     subtype:  #carboxymethyl_cellulose__carboxymethylcellulose  an acid derivative of cellulose
     subtype:  #diethylaminoethyl_cellulose__diethylaminoethylcellulose__DEAE_cellulose  used for chromatography
     subtype:  #pulp.cellulose  a mixture of cellulose fibers
        subtype:  #bagasse  the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants
        subtype:  #wood_pulp  wood that has been ground to a pulp; used in making cellulose products (as rayon or paper)
     subtype:  #pectin  any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams
  subtype:  #glycogen__animal_starch  the form in which carbohydrate are stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body
  subtype:  #inulin  used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function
  subtype:  #mucopolysaccharide  complex polysaccharides containing an amino group; occur chiefly as components of connective tissue
     subtype:  #hyaluronic_acid  a viscous mucopolysaccharide found in the connective tissue space and the synovial fluid of movable joints and the humors of the eye; a cementing and protective substance
  subtype:  #starch__amylum  a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
     subtype:  #arum  starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
     subtype:  #cassava_starch__cassavastarch__cassava__manioca  a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
     subtype:  #arrowroot  a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
     subtype:  #cornstarch__cornflour  starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
     subtype:  #sago  powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
        subtype:  #pearl_sago__pearlsago  sago ground into small pearl-like grains
     subtype:  #amyloid.starch  a nonnitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
     subtype:  #Otaheite_arrowroot  a starch obtained from the root of the pia

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