Synonymous with
polysaccharides. Glycans composed of a single type of monosaccharide residue (homopolysaccharide,
synonym homoglycan) are named by replacing the ending '
-ose' of the sugar by '
-an', e.g. mannans, fructans, xylans, arabinans.
Dextrans and
dextrins belong to the class glucans.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1337
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
