Introduction to Polysaccharides

As the name of the polysaccharide merely indicates the monosaccharide unit in homopolysaccharides or homoglycans only and it does not carry any information about the type of glycosidic linkage forming it and as it is not informative for the names of 

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Tombs MP, Harding SE (1997) An Introduction to Polysaccharide Biotechnology. Taylor and Francis, London... 

Harding SE, Tombs MP, Harding S, Introduction to Polysaccharide Biotechnology, Ellis Horwood, New York (1997). 

For an introduction to polysaccharide structure and stereochemistry, see D. A. Rees, The Shapes of Molecules Carbohydrate Polymers, Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1967. 

Tombs, M.E.H.S., 1998. An introduction to polysaccharide biotechnology. In Gunpowder Square, vol. 1. Taylor Francis Publishers, London, UK. 

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