carbohydrate binding (GO:0030246)

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any carbohydrate which includes monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides as well as substances derived from monosaccharides by reduction of the carbonyl group (alditols), by oxidation of one or more hydroxy groups to afford the corresponding aldehydes ketones, or carboxylic acids, or by replacement of one or more hydroxy group(s) by a hydrogen atom. Cyclitols are generally not regarded as carbohydrates.

Specific

monosaccharide binding (GO:0048029) oligosaccharide binding (GO:0070492) polysaccharide binding (GO:0030247)

References

gene ontology: GO:0030246