Definition of trisaccharide in English:
trisaccharide
noun trʌɪˈsakərʌɪdtraɪˈsækəˌraɪd
Chemistry Any of the class of sugars whose molecules contain three monosaccharide molecules.
Example sentencesExamples
- Raffinose is a trisaccharide sugar with a mean molecular weight of 594 D that prevents pulmonary water diffusion and cellular swelling in a more efficient way than do monosaccharides and dissaccharides.
- A monosaccharide was excluded from 15% and a trisaccharide from about 38% of this space.
- This enzyme is secreted by the pancreas and has the same activity as salivary amylase, producing disaccharides and trisaccharides.
- This interference of water with carbohydrate-membrane interactions in the dry state has been shown for several mono-, di-, and trisaccharides.
- We attribute these sites to the trisaccharide and disaccharide structures, respectively.
Definition of trisaccharide in US English:
trisaccharide
nountraɪˈsækəˌraɪdtrīˈsakəˌrīd
Chemistry Any of the class of sugars whose molecules contain three monosaccharide molecules.
Example sentencesExamples
- Raffinose is a trisaccharide sugar with a mean molecular weight of 594 D that prevents pulmonary water diffusion and cellular swelling in a more efficient way than do monosaccharides and dissaccharides.
- A monosaccharide was excluded from 15% and a trisaccharide from about 38% of this space.
- This enzyme is secreted by the pancreas and has the same activity as salivary amylase, producing disaccharides and trisaccharides.
- This interference of water with carbohydrate-membrane interactions in the dry state has been shown for several mono-, di-, and trisaccharides.
- We attribute these sites to the trisaccharide and disaccharide structures, respectively.