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INULIN (C6H10O5)x, in chemistry, a starch-like carbohydrate, known also as alantin, menyanthin, dahlin, synanthrin and sinistrin. It occurs in many plants of the large genus Composilae, to which the elicampane (Lat. inula)

INULIN (C6H10O5)x, in See also:
CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)
chemistry, a See also:
STARCH
starch-like See also:
CARBOHYDRATE
carbohydrate, known also as alantin, menyanthin, dahlin, synanthrin and sinistrin. It occurs in many See also:
PLANTS
plants of the large genus Composilae, to which the elicampane (See also:
LAT
Lat. inula) belongs; and forms a See also:

white tasteless See also:

POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder, sparingly soluble in See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

WATER

water, very soluble in hot water and insoluble in See also:

ALCOHOL

alcohol . It is not coloured See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue by See also:

IODINE (symbol I, atomic weight '26.92)

iodine; and it reduces ammoniacal See also:

SILVER

silver and See also:

gold solutions, but not See also:

FEHLING, HERMANN VON (1812—1885)

Fehling's See also:

SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution . Heated with water or dilute acids, it is converted into laevulose .

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