English dictionary
inulin
/'/I/n/j//@/l/I/n/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>Inula</i>, <i>Helianthus</i>, <i>Campanula</i>, 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 <i>dahlin</i>, <i>helenin</i>, <i>alantin</i>, etc.
Source: webster1913