SACCHARIDE Synonyms

• a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

• an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

• informal terms for money

• sweeten with sugar

• a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers

• a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits

• a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy

• one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body

• a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk

• a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches

• a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

• a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

• stiffen with starch

• a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent