inulin 的定义
Chemistry.
- a polysaccharide,n, obtained from the roots of certain plants, especially elecampane, dahlia, and Jerusalem artichoke, that undergoes hydrolysis to the dextrorotatory form of fructose: used chiefly as an ingredient in diabetic bread, in processed foods to increase their fiber content, and as a reagent in diagnosing kidney function.
更多inulin例句
- It is a constituent of sucrose, of raffinose, and of the polysaccharide inulin, from which it may be obtained by hydrolysis.
- Mannan bears the same relation to mannose that starch does to glucose and inulin to fructose.
- The tubers are rich in the carbohydrate inulin and in sugar.
- The starch corpuscles are very small, with a trace of inulin.
- Inulin is a compound closely related to starch, and upon digestion with acids, yields levulose just as starch yields glucose.