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Monosaccharide, oligosaccharide or polysaccharide, as well as substance derived from a monosaccharide by reduction of the carbonyl group (alditol), by oxidation, including the oxidation of one or more terminal groups of a carboxylic acid, or by replacement of one or more hydroxy groups by a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a thiol group or similar heteroatomic groups. The term also includes derivatives of these compounds.

Note: The term carbohydrate was applied originally to monosaccharides, in recognition of the fact that their empirical composition can be expressed as C_m(H₂O)_n. However, the term is now used generically in a wider sense.