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A tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke
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stachyose
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WordNet
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n. a tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke
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Stachyose is a tetrasaccharide consisting of two α-- galactose units, one α-- glucose unit, and one β-- fructose unit sequentially linked as gal(α1→6)gal(α1→6)glc(α1↔2β)fru. Together with related oligosaccharides such as raffinose , Stachyose occurs naturally ...
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n. A tetrasaccharide found in many vegetables and plants, used as a sweetener or for its functional oligosaccharide property.