| Inulin (inulin) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| In"u*lin |
| [From NL. Inula
Helenium, the elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.) |
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 starch and sugar. Called also
dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc.
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