Pharmacologic Substance
glucan
Subclass of:
Polysaccharides;
Biopolymers
Definitions related to glucans:
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Group of polysaccharides composed of repeating glucose units; they can consist of branched or unbranched chains in any linkages.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Polysaccharides composed of repeating glucose units. They can consist of branched or unbranched chains in any linkages.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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