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Polysaccharides are unipolymers or copolymers of sugar units bonded together. They are found in plants and animals. In higher plants and algae they are components of either the cell walls or the cell interior. In bacteria and fungi they can be both cell components and products of metabolism.
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Elias, HG. (1977). Polysaccharides. In: Macromolecules. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7364-7_31
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