Medical Definition of Alant starch
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A polysaccharide of variable molecular weight (around 5 kD), that is a polymer of fructofuranose. Widely used as a marker of extracellular space, an indicator of blood volume in insects (by measuring the dilution of the radio label) and in food for diabetics.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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