Talk:Polysaccharide

message: This  phrasing found in the page is very loose. What exactly does it mean? Which part of digestion is "enhanced"?  Arturj 18 December 2022. I would like this to be disambiguated or removed.  — Preceding undated comment added 23:25, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: What does it mean to　”enhance digestion"? 

message: "They tend to be amorphous, insoluble in water, and dont have no sweet taste."
What should that be?
: sounds like a combination of science and jazz! 152.91.9.219 (talk) 00:57, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The only hits on Google for it are for this article and sundry reproductions. Flatus 19:33, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for checking that out, no such thing exists.--Lbthrice 20:44, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is "ballshydrolysis"? 

message: Does it make sense to mention that maize, wheat, etc. are good sources of starch for a biological reason: energy is packaged in starch molecules for later use by the developing embryo after germination?--Lbthrice 19:49, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Starch and Embryonic Growth

message: Somewhat unclear with defintions. So monosaccharide is a chain with one element and polysaccharide is a chain (of monosaccharide) with more than one (or more than two???) element. I.e. are disaccharides polysaccharides?  (anon)
: Not according to the disaccharide article. Rod57 09:09, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Disaccharides

message: I think these subsections could use a general description from an expert to enhance the specific examples offered.--Theodore Kloba (talk) 21:14, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Storage & Structural 

message: Someone needs to look at this section ... because it won't do as it is!
81.164.129.52 (talk) 16:53, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pectins 

message: I added a "date qualification" to the statement "fiber is not yet classified.." of 2005, which appears to be the most recent citation date.  It seems like the date of such a "non-endorsement" by governments/etc might be useful..  Especially as the "citable consensus view" about the benefits of fiber might change. For that matter, I don't know whether (as of 2013) it might have changed already.  Anyone else care to comment?  Thanks.  (Is there a general WP policy regarding when to add such qualifications? I read on some talk page that they in general should be avoided) Jimw338 (talk) 19:17, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date qualification of "fiber not yet classified.."? 

message: How about having a section that is understandable by someone who is not a scientist?
I've got tests for blood clotting and I'd like to know what some of the terms mean. This article gives me no useable information.
Thanks  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.180.201.222 (talk) 05:31, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lay information 

message: As a rule of thumb, polysaccharides contain more than ten monosaccharide units, whereas oligosaccharides contain three through ten monosaccharide units; but the precise cutoff varies somewhat according to convention.
I wrote this, and I know it's better expressed than before; but does the definition really vary in the literature? 
178.39.122.125 (talk) 15:34, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please check threshold length for polysaccarides