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Definition of Pectin

1. Noun. Any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams.

Definition of Pectin

1. n. One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.

Definition of Pectin

1. a carbohydrate derivative [n -S] : PECTIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Pectin

1. Class of plant cell wall polysaccharide, soluble in hot aqueous solutions of chelating agents or in hot dilute acid. Includes polysaccharides rich in galacturonic acid, rhamnose, arabinose and galactose, for example the polygalacturonans, rhamnogalacturonans and some arabinans, galactans and arabinogalactans. Prominent in the middle lamella and primary wall. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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