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synonyms for dextrin

  • cellulose
  • glucose
  • lactose
  • starch
  • sugar
  • dextrose
  • disaccharide
  • fructose
  • galactose
  • glycogen
  • maltose
  • monosaccharide
  • polysaccharide
  • sucrose
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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dextrin, such as: cellulose, glucose, lactose, starch, sugar, and dextrose.
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How to use dextrin in a sentence

Iodine commonly turns commercial dextrin blue, but does not affect the colour of pure dextrin.
COOLEY'S CYCLOPDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES..., SIXTH EDITION, VOLUME IARNOLD COOLEY
In undressed Mysore coffee Commaille found 2.6 percent of glucose and no dextrin.
ALL ABOUT COFFEEWILLIAM H. UKERS
Intense heat changes the content of the starch granules on the surface of the slice of bread to dextrin.
FOODS AND HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENTHELEN KINNE
With intense dry heat, as in toasting, the granule expands and opens, and the contents change to dextrin.
FOODS AND HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENTHELEN KINNE
This cellulose is closely allied in composition to starch, dextrin, and a form of sugar called glucose.
THE CHEMISTRY OF HAT MANUFACTURINGWATSON SMITH
Upon hydrolysis starch gives first a mixture of dextrin and maltose, then glucose alone as an end-product.
DIETETICS FOR NURSESFAIRFAX T. PROUDFIT
Dextrin, as has already been stated, is an intermediate product of the hydrolysis of starch by acid or enzymes.
DIETETICS FOR NURSESFAIRFAX T. PROUDFIT
The amylopsin likewise in the pancreatic secretion acts upon the starch and dextrin, changing them to maltose.
DIETETICS FOR NURSESFAIRFAX T. PROUDFIT
In other forms a substance (probably glycogen or amylo-dextrin) which turns brown with iodine has been observed.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 3, PART 1, SLICE 2VARIOUS
It is composed chiefly of achroo-dextrin, mixed with varying quantities of erythro-dextrin and glucose.
THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT LIFEROSCOE WILFRED THATCHER
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WORDS RELATED TO DEXTRIN

  • cellulose
  • dextrin
  • dextrose
  • disaccharide
  • fructose
  • galactose
  • glucose
  • glycogen
  • lactose
  • maltose
  • monosaccharide
  • polysaccharide
  • starch
  • sucrose
  • sugar
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.