How to Use polysaccharide in a Sentence
polysaccharide
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The scales of chitin (a polysaccharide common to insects) are arranged like roof tiles.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2020
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This comes from the mung beans, which are full of polysaccharides—a complex carbohydrate that reads sweet on our tongues.
—Alison Roman, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
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Both fungi and insects use the polysaccharide chitin to build cell walls, while plants use cellulose.
—Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
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In nature, scales of chitin (a polysaccharide common to insects) are arranged like roof tiles.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2022
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Based on my love of green juices, the serum contains chlorophyll and galactoarabinan, which are plant polysaccharides, and oat-grass juice.
—Tanisha Pina, Allure, 28 Aug. 2018
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The next generation of vaccines, made of just the surface polysaccharides, were safer.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2019
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Pectin is a polysaccharide contained in plant tissue [7].
—Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2017
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Some experts recommend adding vinegar to the oil to slow the breakdown of pectin (the polysaccharide that helps a potato keep its structure intact).
—Tarah Knaresboro, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2015
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The Cherry Share Pectinase is a general term for an enzyme that breaks down pectin, or the polysaccharide contained in plant tissue [2].
—Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2016
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These contain large sugar chains (polysaccharides) that attract many times their weight in water.
—Tanisha Pina, Allure, 20 Mar. 2018
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Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide and is commonly used in cooking as a thickening agent.
—idahostatesman, 30 Oct. 2017
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The polysaccharide attracts platelets and red blood cells and accelerates clotting.
—Charles Graeber, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2001
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All crustaceans have chitosan, a polysaccharide that is the second most abundant organic compound in the world next to cellulose.
—Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021
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The stuff is a powdery polysaccharide that is often used in foods and now also in recipes to powder fats, cheeses and even chocolate, according to the cooking website Serious Eats.
—Danielle Guercio, The Seattle Times, 5 May 2017
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These chains are called oligosaccharides or polysaccharides.
—Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
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These chains are called oligosaccharides or polysaccharides.
—Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
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They are generally made of long strings of those simple sugars, called polysaccharides (i.e. many sugars).
—Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 23 May 2019
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This is a polysaccharide that's commonly used as a thickener and stabilizer in the cosmetic and food industries.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
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The product, which purports to help give skin a healthy, dewy look, is made with skin-loving ingredients like coconut alkanes, coconut milk, coconut water and coconut polysaccharides.
—Courtney Ortega, star-telegram.com, 5 May 2017
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Red algae is chock-full of a carotenoid called astaxanthin, while its brown cousin is rich in skin-brightening phlorotannins and a moisturizing polysaccharide called alginate.
—Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
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The problem was that the vaccine, known as a polysaccharide because it was based on sugar molecules that form the outer capsule of the bacteria, was not easily visible to infant immune systems.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2019
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The air smelled ever-so-slightly sweet, likely because chitosan, a polysaccharide, is turned into something that looks like molasses during the manufacturing process.
—Alden Wicker, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2023
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The food science writer Harold McGee says that, like onions, shallots contain the fructose polymer inulin, a polysaccharide that breaks down into multiple simple sugars when heated, increasing the overall sweetness.
—New York Times, 23 May 2022
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Risk for the coronavirus was reduced in those who had a pneumococcal polysaccharide or influenza vaccine, or were on melatonin, paroxetine, or carvedilol, according to Clinic research.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 16 June 2020
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Inspired Engineering, at Harvard, has extracted chitosan, a polysaccharide, from shrimp and lobster shells and combined it with silk fibers to create an alternative to plastic packaging, called Shrilk.
—Stephanie Strom, New York Times, 30 May 2017
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Elliott says, detailing ingredients like a sugarcane derivative that acts as a humectant, and fermented polysaccharides that pack in the water.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 23 Apr. 2018
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That discovery, known as conjugation, involves attaching proteins to the polysaccharides — complex sugars — on the bacterium’s outer capsule.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2019
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Similarly, to trigger more robust protection in the elderly, a shot of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is boosted by one that contains a pneumococcal polysaccharide.
—Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 12 Feb. 2021
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Inside the mucilage are carbohydrates and some 60 polysaccharides, or sugars, that have specific effects on different contaminants.
—Christina Procopiou, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2016
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This serum from Allies of Skin utilizes multiple forms of hyaluronicacid (low molecular weight, high molecular weight, and botanical polysaccharide) to deliver concentrated moisture deep into fine lines wrinkles.
—Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 29 June 2022
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