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Definition of Inulin

1. Noun. Used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function.

Definition of Inulin

1. 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.

Definition of Inulin

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Inulin

1. 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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