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Used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function
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inulin
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Dahlin \Dah"lin\ (d[aum]"l[i^]n), n. [From Dahlia .] (Chem.) A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin . See Inulin .
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n. used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function
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n. (context carbohydrate English) a polysaccharide found in the roots and tubers of certain plants, especially the Compositae; it is mostly a polymer of fructose
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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 ...
Usage examples of inulin.
Because quite a lot of the carbs in artichokes are in the form of inulin, a very low-impact carb, this is even easier on your blood sugar than the carb count would suggest.
In a paper read at the Second International Congress of the Sugar Industry, held at Paris in 1908, it was stated that pure Laevulose is preferably made by the inversion of Inulin with dilute acids, and that the older process of preparation from invert sugar or molasses does not yield a pure product.
Inulin is widely distributed in the perennial roots of Compositae, and has been met with in the natural orders Campanulacae, Goodeniaceae, Lobeliaceae, Stylidiaceae, and in the root of the White Ipecacuanha of Brazil, belonging to the order Violaceae.