Term Name: homopolysaccharide
Synonyms: homoglycan, homopolysaccharide, homopolysaccharides
Definition: Glycans composed of a single type of monosaccharide residue. They are named by replacing the ending '-ose' of the sugar by '-an'.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:37164]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: polysaccharide
has subtype: [(1->4)-alpha-D-galacturonosyl methyl ester](n) [(1->4)-alpha-D-galacturonosyl](n) arabinan fructan galactan glucan glucan derivative mannan poly[(1->4)-beta-D-mannuronic acid] rhamnan xylan
inverse has_functional_parent: homopolysaccharide derivative