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dextrin

/dek-strin/US // ˈdɛk strɪn //UK // (ˈdɛkstrɪn) //

糊精,糊精粉,糊糊精,糊涂虫

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Biochemistry, Chemistry.

    • : a soluble, gummy substance, formed from starch by the action of heat, acids, or ferments, occurring in various forms and having dextrorotatory properties: used chiefly as a thickening agent in printing inks and food, as a mucilage, and as a substitute for gum arabic and other natural substances.

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Examples

  • Iodine commonly turns commercial dextrin blue, but does not affect the colour of pure dextrin.

  • In undressed Mysore coffee Commaille found 2.6 percent of glucose and no dextrin.

  • Intense heat changes the content of the starch granules on the surface of the slice of bread to dextrin.

  • With intense dry heat, as in toasting, the granule expands and opens, and the contents change to dextrin.

  • This cellulose is closely allied in composition to starch, dextrin, and a form of sugar called glucose.