Inulin

[injulin]

Definition

(noun.) used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function.

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Definition

(n.) 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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Definition

n. a starch-like product used in medicine obtained principally from the roots of the plant Inula or Elecampane.

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