How to Use polysaccharide in a Sentence

polysaccharide

noun

• The scales of chitin (a polysaccharide common to insects) are arranged like roof tiles.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2020
• 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
• Both fungi and insects use the polysaccharide chitin to build cell walls, while plants use cellulose.
  — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
• In nature, scales of chitin (a polysaccharide common to insects) are arranged like roof tiles.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2022
• 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
• The next generation of vaccines, made of just the surface polysaccharides, were safer.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2019
• Pectin is a polysaccharide contained in plant tissue [7].
  — Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2017
• 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
• 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
• These contain large sugar chains (polysaccharides) that attract many times their weight in water.
  — Tanisha Pina, Allure, 20 Mar. 2018
• Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide and is commonly used in cooking as a thickening agent.
  — idahostatesman, 30 Oct. 2017
• The polysaccharide attracts platelets and red blood cells and accelerates clotting.
  — Charles Graeber, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2001
• 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
• 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
• These chains are called oligosaccharides or polysaccharides.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
• These chains are called oligosaccharides or polysaccharides.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• They are generally made of long strings of those simple sugars, called polysaccharides (i.e. many sugars).
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 23 May 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That discovery, known as conjugation, involves attaching proteins to the polysaccharides — complex sugars — on the bacterium’s outer capsule.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2019
• 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
• Inside the mucilage are carbohydrates and some 60 polysaccharides, or sugars, that have specific effects on different contaminants.
  — Christina Procopiou, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2016
• 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

Last Updated: 15 Aug 2024