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    Inulins are a group of naturally occurring polysaccharides produced by many types of plants, industrially most often extracted from chicory. The inulins...
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    plant components such as cellulose, resistant starch, resistant dextrins, inulin, lignins, chitins, pectins, beta-glucans, and oligosaccharides. Food sources...
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    carbohydrate inulin (8 to 13%), which is a polymer of the monosaccharide fructose. Tubers stored for any length of time convert their inulin into its component...
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    GFR can be determined by injecting inulin or the inulin-analog sinistrin into the blood stream. Since both inulin and sinistrin are neither reabsorbed...
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  • include beta-glucan from oats, resistant starch from grains and beans, and inulin from chicory root. The definition of prebiotics and the food ingredients...
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    and used as a coffee substitute and food additive. In the 21st century, inulin, an extract from chicory root, has been used in food manufacturing as a...
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    fructans such as inulin, which as polysaccharides have a much higher degree of polymerization than FOS and other oligosaccharides, but like inulin and other...
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    produced commercially, based on inulin degradation or transfructosylation processes. FOS can be produced by degradation of inulin, or polyfructose, a polymer...
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    or OH-6), and there are two basic types of simple fructan: 1-linked: in inulin, the fructosyl residues are linked by β-2,1-linkages 6-linked: in levan...
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    enzymes cannot completely break down. The inulins belong to a class of dietary fibers known as fructans. Inulin is used by some plants as a means of storing...
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    clearance of X Cin is the renal plasma clearance of inulin. Creatinine is sometimes used instead of inulin as the reference substance; for example, the calcium-creatinine...
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    that uses enzymes derived from the mold Aspergillus niger to convert the inulin-rich extract into fructose. In slightly greater detail, the polyfructose...
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    is the characteristic energy store of most land plants and algae, while inulin, a polymer of fructose is used for the same purpose in the sunflower family...
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    kidney dysfunction. (In the absence of secretion, creatinine behaves like inulin).[citation needed] An alternative estimation of kidney function can be made...
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    evolutionary development) include the presence in the plants of oligosaccharide inulin, a nutrient storage molecule used instead of starch; and unique stamen morphology...
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  • The enzyme inulin fructotransferase (DFA-I-forming) (EC 4.2.2.17) catalyzes the following process: Produces α-D-fructofuranose β-D-fructofuranose 1,2′:2...
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    It also contains the polysaccharide inulin, conferring a mild sweetness that is suitable for diabetics. Inulin, used as a dietary fibre, may have a positive...
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    polysaccharides contained in dietary fiber include resistant starch and inulin, which feed some bacteria in the microbiota of the large intestine, and...
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    humans. There is also a special polysaccharide of Fructan obtained known as Inulin. Dahlias are perennial plants with tuberous roots, though they are grown...
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  • The enzyme inulin fructotransferase (DFA-III-forming) (EC 4.2.2.18) catalyzes the following process: Produces α-D-fructofuranose β-D-fructofuranose 1,2′:2...
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    and amino acids, and is low in calories. It contains the prebiotic fiber inulin. It contains a polyphenol oxidase, which causes its darkened surface and...
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    malabsorbers should be kept to less than 0.5 grams/serving, and supplements with inulin and fructooligosaccharide (FOS), both fructans, should be avoided. Foods...
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    (80–200 lb). This heart is stripped of its leaves and heated to convert the inulin to sugars. Then the roasted core is pressed or crushed to release the sugary...
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    apertures." In Asteraceae, the energy store is generally in the form of inulin rather than starch. They produce iso/chlorogenic acid, sesquiterpene lactones...
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    energy reserves in the form of storage polysaccharides such as starch or inulin. Starch, consisting of two different polymers of glucose, is a readily degradable...
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    (similar to violet) undertones to its flavour, probably due to the presence of inulin, which produces the sweet taste of the roots of elecampane, as well. Another...
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  • Powder Benefiber S natural, manufacturing by-product - wheat dextrin (USA), inulin (Canada) C/P Citrucel S synthetic - methylcellulose C/P FenFiber S natural...
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  • the trade name for a prebiotic fructooligosaccharide (FOS) derived from inulin produced by Orafti and Palatinit, subsidiaries of Südzucker. It consists...
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  • typically high in certain polysaccharides, especially oligosaccharides such as inulin. Those foods include beans, lentils, dairy products, onions, garlic, spring...
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    fiber type reflects physiological functionality: Comparison of grain fiber, inulin, and polydextrose". Nutr. Rev. 69 (1): 9–21. doi:10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010...
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