DEXTRIN

any one of a number of carbohydrates having the same general formula as starch but a smaller and less complex molecule. They are polysaccharides and are produced as intermediate products in the hydrolysis of starch by heat, by acids, and by enzymes. Their nature and their chemical behavior depend to a great extent on the kind of starch from which they are derived. For example, some react with iodine to give a reddish-brown color, others a blue, and still others yield no color at all. For commerical use dextrin is prepared by heating dry starch or starch treated with acids to produce a colorless or yellowish, tasteless, odorless powder which, when mixed with water, forms a strongly adhesive paste. It is used widely in adhesives, e.g., for postage stamps, envelopes, and wallpapers, and for sizing paper and textiles.

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books on: Dextrin  - 59 results

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Economic Botany: A Textbook of Useful Plants and Plant Products
Book by Albert F. Hill; McGraw-Hill, 1952
Subjects: Botany, Economic
...and in the paper industry. Dextrin . When starch is heated directly...amorphous solid known as dextrin, or British gum. Because of their adhesive properties dextrins are frequently used as substitutes...States now uses cornstarch dextrin on its postage stamps. Loaves...
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Beer: Tap into the Art and Science of Brewing
Book by Charles Bamforth; Oxford University Press, 2003
...chain molecules (called dextrins). The next enzyme...starts at one end of the dextrin molecules, chopping...sugar being tied up in a dextrin form. Most beers worldwide contain residual dextrin for this reason and it is believed is that these dextrins contribute to the body...
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Science for the Citizen: A Self-Educator Based on the Social Background of Scientific Discovery
Book by Lancelot Hogben, J. F. Horrabin; Alfred A. Knopf, 1938
Subjects: Civilization, Science, Science--History
...sugars unite we get more complex carbohydrates like the dextrin of rice paper, starch which yields first dextrin, then malt sugar on digestion with saliva and can be converted into dextrin by heat in the process of ironing starched collars and...
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Dictionary of the Arts
Book by Martin L. Wolf; Philosophical Library, 1951
Subjects: Art--Dictionaries, Literature--Dictionaries, Music--Dictionaries, Theater--Dictionaries
...dexter base point . Dextrality --See handedness . Dextrin --An adhesive having an accessory use in the arts...tragacanth q.v. . Known in different localities as sago dextrin and tapioca dextrin . Dextrosinistral --A person who, preferring to...
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Medical Histories of Confederate Generals
Book by Jack D. Welsh; Kent State University Press, 1995
Subjects: Confederate States Of America--Army, Generals--Medical Care--Confederate States Of America, Medicine, Military--Confederate States Of America, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical Care, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical Care--Bibliography
...atrium. MUCILLAGINOUS DRINKS A viscous drink made of gum or dextrin that is used either as a vehicle for some medication or to...of barley-water, flaxseed tea, toast-water, gum, or dextrin. MYOCARDITIS Inflammation of the muscular walls of the heart...
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journal articles on: Dextrin  - 8 results

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Mutations in Two Zinc-cluster Proteins Activate Alternative Respiratory and Gluconeogenic Pathways and Restore Senescence in Long-lived Respiratory Mutants of Podospora Anserina
Journal article by Carole H. Sellem, Elodie Bovier, Séverine Lorin, Annie Sainsard-Chanet; Genetics, Vol. 182, 2009
Subjects: Gene expression, Genetics, Genotype & phenotype, Mitochondrial DNA, Proteins
...Minimal standard medium (M2) contains 1% dextrin as the carbon source (Esser 1974...grown for 48 hr on standardmedium(1%dextrin) covered with cellophane disc was extracted...grown on standard medium (containing 1% dextrin), and the abundance of transcript levels...
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Determining the Composition of 78-RPM Records: Challenge or Fantasy?
Journal article by Thi-Phuong Nguyen, Xavier Sene, Emilie Le Bourg, Stephane Bouvet; ARSC Journal, Vol. 42, 2011
Subjects: Phonograph records--Composition
...stone <br/ Flock silk <br/ Flour (aka dextrin) 358366 (1905) 5304 (1905) <br...Filler (organic) <br/ Flour (aka dextrin) Binder <br/ Formaldehyde Additive...cement (nat.), Bakelite (synt.), Dextrin (nat.), Ebonite (synt.), Flour...
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Global Gene Expression Analysis in the Livers of Rat Offspring Perinatally Exposed to Low Doses of 2,2',4,4'-Tetrabromodiphenyl Ether
Journal article by Alexander Suvorov, Larissa Takser; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010
Subjects: Ethers (Class of compounds)--Genetic aspects, Ethers (Class of compounds)--Research, Ethers--Genetic aspects, Ethers--Research, Gene expression--Research
...after oral glucose administration in exposed rats compared with controls. SLC3A2, responsible for the starch hydrolysis with dextrin production, which hydrolyzes further into glucose, is overexpressed as well. Further, LOC500506 is upregulated. This gene...
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Memory and Perseveration on a Win-Stay, Lose-Shift Task in Rats Exposed Neonatally to Alcohol *
Journal article by Matthew C. Bell, Edward P. Riley; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 67, 2006
Subjects: Drinking in pregnancy--Research, Memory--Research, Perinatology--Research
...exposed to 6 g/kg/day alcohol from postnatal day (PD) 4 through PD 9, and GC pups received isocaloric amounts of maltose-dextrin. The amount of milk formula infused each day (in milliliters) was determined by calculating 33% of the average body weight...
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The Effects of Hypoxia on the Bioenergetics of Liver in Situ in Chronic Ethanol-Treated Rats: A Noninvasive in Vivo 31P Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study
Journal article by Manfred Brauer, Wuhua Lu, Mingfu Ling; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 58, 1997
Subjects: Alcohol--Physiological aspects, Hypoxia--Physiological aspects, Liver--Necrosis
...were pair-fed with all liquid diets containing 36% of total calories as ethanol (5% ethanol v/v) in the CE diet and dextrin-maltose in the control diet. This is the standard high-fat DeCarli-Lieber protocol (Lieber and DeCarli, 1994). The...
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A Wrinkle in Time
Magazine article by Elizabeth A. Smith; Drug Topics, Vol. 142, July 20, 1998
Subjects: Aging, Cosmetics, Health & beauty aids, Product development, Trends, United States
...discovered to have a significant protective effect, Stanzl said. Another product called farnesol powder, when combined with dextrin, appears to be selective against certain bacteria, such as those responsible for body odor, acne, and Staphylococcus aureus...


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newspaper articles on: Dextrin  - 4 results

 
 
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Want to Lose 10lb in Two Weeks? It's a Piece of Cake; ... Not to Mention Crisps and Mars ... Not to Mention Crisps and Mars Bars. as a Scientist Proves You CAN Lose Weight Eating Chocolate and Snacks, One Self-Confessed Fattie Gives It a Try -- with Rather Alarming Results
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 11, 2010
Subjects: Scientists, Snack foods industry
...marshmallow cream. Hostess, the manufacturer, makes 500 million a year and they contain 36 separate ingredients including corn dextrin -- the glue used on the back of envelopes. My sugar levels spike immediately, I get over excited and finish the entire pot...
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Learning How to Hunt and Break Down Added Sugars in Our Diets
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 14, 2011
Subjects: Juice industry, Sugar, Sugar industry
...you might see on ingredient lists as well: agave nectar, barley malt syrup, corn syrup solids, dehydrated cane juice, dextrin, dextrose, fruit juice concentrate, lactose, maltodextrin, malt syrup, maltose, rice syrup, sorghum (similar to...
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WHAT ARE WE EATING? Every Year, Every One of Us Eats an Astonishing 15lb of Food Additives. Experts Say Many Are Causing Long-Term Damage. in This Devastating Series, the Mail Reveals What REALLY Goes into Our Food
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 21, 2005
...concentrated lamb broth, vegetable concentrate, tomato concentrate, glucose syrup, salt, flavourings, yeast extract, dextrin, lamb fat, sunflower oil, modified maize starch, tomato puree. Lamb bouillon: salt, dextrose, yeast extract, lamb...
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Want to Lose 10lb in Two Weeks? It's a Piece of Cake a Piece of Cake; ... Not to Mention Crisps and Mars ... Not to Mention Crisps and Mars Bars. as a Scientist Proves You CAN Lose Weight Eating Chocolate and Snacks, One Self-Confessed Fattie Gives It a Try -- with Rather Alarming Results
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 13, 2010
Subjects: Scientists, Snack foods industry
...marshmallow cream. Hostess, the manufacturer, makes 500 million a year and they contain 36 separate ingredients including corn dextrin -- the glue used on the back of envelopes. My sugar levels spike immediately, I get over excited and finish the entire pot...


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encyclopedia articles on: Dextrin  - 7 results

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Dextrin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DEXTRIN any one of a number of carbohydrates having the same general formula as...others a blue, and still others yield no color at all. For commerical use dextrin is prepared by heating dry starch or starch treated with acids to produce...
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Cornstarch
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the embryo and the outer covering. It is used as laundry starch, in sizing paper, in making adhesives, and in cooking. Dextrin , corn syrup, and corn sugar are produced by the hydrolysis of cornstarch. See starch...
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Amylase
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...be involved in biochemical processes. Amylase hydrolyzes starch , glycogen , and dextrin to form in all three instances glucose , maltose , and the limit-dextrins. Salivary amylase is known as ptyalin; although humans have this enzyme in their...
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Flour
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...processes; gluten is the chief protein, and starch the principal carbohydrate, although some sucrose, invert sugar, and dextrin may be present. On the market are prepared flours, such as the self-rising, which contains a leavening agent, and numerous...
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Carbohydrate
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...have the general formula C n (H 2 O) n 1 , with n larger than 5. Polysaccharides include such substances as cellulose , dextrin , glycogen , and starch ; they are polymeric compounds made up of the simple sugars and can be hydrolyzed to yield simple sugars...
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