Definition
A polysaccharide made up of hexose (six-carbon sugar) units joined together.
Etymology
From hexose (six-carbon sugar) + -an (polysaccharide suffix). This term emerged in carbohydrate chemistry to distinguish these six-carbon-based polymers from other polysaccharides.
Kelly Says
Starch and cellulose are both hexosans—they're huge chains of glucose molecules linked together, but the way they're linked determines everything: starch feeds you while cellulose just passes through, showing that molecular geometry is destiny.
Translations
ARالعربية
هيكسان
ha-iks-an
BNবাংলা
হেক্সোসান
heks-o-san
CACatalà
hexosan
heks-o-san
CSČeština
hexosan
heks-o-san
DADansk
hexosan
heks-o-san
DEDeutsch
Hexosan
heks-o-san
ELΕλληνικά
εξόζαν
eks-o-zan
ESEspañol
hexosano
e-heks-o-sa-no
FAفارسی
هگزوسان
hez-o-san
FISuomi
heksosaani
heks-o-sa-ani
FRFrançais
hexosane
e-zox-sa-n
GUGU
હેક્સોસાન
heks-o-san
HEעברית
הקסוזן
heks-o-zen
HIहिन्दी
हेक्सोसान
heks-o-san
HUMagyar
heksozán
heks-o-zan
IDBahasa Indonesia
heksosan
heks-o-san
ITItaliano
esosan
e-so-san
KMKM
ហេក្សូសាន
hek-su-sa-an
MRMR
हेक्सोसान
heks-o-san
MSBahasa Melayu
heksosan
heks-o-san
MYမြန်မာ
ဟက်စိုစန်
heks-o-san
NLNederlands
hexosan
heks-o-san
NONorsk
hexosan
heks-o-san
PLPolski
heksosan
heks-o-san
PTPortuguês
hexosano
heks-o-sa-no
RORomână
hexosan
heks-o-san
RUРусский
гексоза
geks-o-za
SVSvenska
hexosan
heks-o-san
SWKiswahili
heksosan
heks-o-san
TAதமிழ்
எக்சோசான்
e-gso-san
TEతెలుగు
హెక్సోసాన్
heks-o-san
THไทย
เฮกโซแซน
he-go-sa-an
TRTürkçe
heksosan
heks-o-san
UKУкраїнська
гексоза
geks-o-za
VITiếng Việt
hexosan
heks-o-san