mucopolysaccharides
Polysaccharides
composed of alternating units from
uronic acids
and
glycosamines
, and commonly partially esterified with sulfuric acid.
Source:
PAC, 1995,
67
, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1350
See also:
White Book, p. 86