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STARCH |
Carbohydrate |
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SUGAR |
Sweet carbohydrate |
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LEVULOSAN |
An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating
levulose. |
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GELOSE |
An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium,
agar-agar, and other seaweeds. |
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ARABIN |
A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum
arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance. |
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TRITICIN |
A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from
quitch grass (Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white
amorphous substance. |
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SUCRATE |
A compound of sucrose (or of some related carbohydrate)
with some base, after the analogy of a salt; as, sodium sucrate. |
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SINISTRIN |
A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin,
extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called
because it is levorotatory. |
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GALACTIN |
An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found
in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition
several sugars, including galactose. |
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SEMINOSE |
A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the
thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup
having a sweetish-bitter taste. |
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SACCHARATE |
In a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any
similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, barium,
or lead; a sucrate. |
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PECTOSE |
An amorphous carbohydrate found in the vegetable kingdom,
esp. in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and is
converted into substances of the pectin group. |
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-OSE |
A suffix indicating that the substance to the name of which it
is affixed is a member of the carbohydrate group; as in cellulose,
sucrose, dextrose, etc. |
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CELLULOSE |
... in certain animals, as the tunicates.
It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is
convertible into starches and sugars by th... |