glycan, n. Chem.
(ˈglaɪkæn)
[f. glyco- + -an I. 2.]
= polysaccharide n.
| 1950 Adv. Carbohydrate Chem. V. 270 Xylan is classified as a glycan because it is largely, if not entirely, a polymer of an unmodified sugar or sugars. 1953 Whistler & Smart Polysaccharide Chem. i. 17 The term glycan is to be distinguished from glycosan. 1988 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. CCLXIII. 6031/1 It is concluded that N-glycan processing is correlated with the state of enterocytic differentiation of HT-29 cells. |