Maltose is a disaccharide.
Oligo from Greek meaning few and saccharide meaning sugar... Oligosaccharides are carbohydrates mostly found in vegetables
Look at the prefixes. Oligo means short. Poly means many. And, of course saccharides mean sugars. Oligosaccharides means short chain sugars. Polysaccharides means many sugars in the chain.
Defective Enzyme Disorder: includes the following: α-Mannosidosis α-Mannosidase β-Mannosidosis β-Mannosidaseα-Fucosidosis α-FucosidaseSialidosis α-NeuraminidaseGalactosialidosis Protective...
And oligosaccaride typically contains 3 - 8 monomers