Carbohydrate chains play physiologically relevant roles. For instance, many biologically important proteins and lipids inside our body have carbohydrate chains attached to them. These “sugar” chains, ...

Certain glycans -- sugar-like compounds with carbohydrate chains -- containing galactose, may exhibit potential prebiotic properties that support human health. Identifying enzymes capable of breaking ...

As part of healthy eating, everyone needs the same type of things, such as vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, protein and fat. These are called nutrients. Together, nutrients in food help the body ...