1) Plant starch 2) Polyose 3) Polysaccharide
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Inulins are a group of naturally occurring polysaccharides produced by many types of plants, industrially most often extracted from chicory. The inulins belong to a class of dietary fibers known as fructans. Inulin is used by some plants as a means of storing energy and is typically found in roots or rhizomes. Most plants that synthesize and store...
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• (n.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starc...
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polysaccharide that is a commercial source of the sugar fructose. It occurs in many plants of the family Asteraceae (Compositae), particularly in ... [1 related articles]
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<protein> A polysaccharide of variable molecular weight (around 5 kD), that is a polymer of fructofuranose. Widely used as a marker of extracellular space, an indicator of blood volume in insects (by measuring the dilution of the radio label) and in food for diabetics. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(in´u-lin) a starch occurring in the rhizome of certain plants, which on hydrolysis yields fructose. It is used as a measure of glomerular function in tests of renal function.
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A polysaccharide of variable molecular weight (around 5 kD), that is a polymer of fructofuranose. Widely used as a marker of extracellular space, an indicator of blood volume in insects (by measuring the dilution of the radiolabel), and in food for diabetics.
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In'u·lin noun [ From New Latin
Inula Helenium, the elecampane: confer French
inuline .]
(Chemistry) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as
Inula ,
Helianthus ,
Campanu...Found on
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(In) Type: Term Pronunciation: in′yū-lin Definitions: 1. A fructose polysaccharide from the rhizome of Inula helenium or elecampane (family Compositae) and other plants; administered intravenously, it is filtered by the renal glomeruli but not reabsorbed and thus can be used to determine the rate of glomerular filtration; also...
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(in;yuu-lin) A polysaccharide of fructose, produced by certain plants, that is filtered by the human kidneys but neither reabsorbed nor secreted. The clearance rate of injected insulin is thus used to measure the glomerular filtration rate.
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n] - used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function
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A naturally occuring constituent of many herbs such as Burdock & Dandelion, gives a high gloss and incredible shine to hair.
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a polysaccharide, (CHO), obtained from the roots of certain plants, esp. elecampane, dahlia, and Jerusalem artichoke, that undergoes hydrolysis to the dextrorotatory form of fructose: used chiefly as an ingredient in diabetic bread and as a reagent in diagnosing kidney function. Also called
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