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dextrin
[ dek-strin ]
noun
, Biochemistry, Chemistry.
- a soluble, gummy substance, formed from starch by the action of heat, acids, or ferments, occurring in various forms and having dextrorotatory properties: used chiefly as a thickening agent in printing inks and food, as a mucilage, and as a substitute for gum arabic and other natural substances.
dextrin
/ ˈdɛkstrɪn; -triːn; ˈdɛkstrɪn /
noun
- any of a group of sticky substances that are intermediate products in the conversion of starch to maltose: used as thickening agents in foods and as gums
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dextrin1
C19: from French dextrine; see dextro- , -in
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Example Sentences
Iodine commonly turns commercial dextrin blue, but does not affect the colour of pure dextrin.
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In undressed Mysore coffee Commaille found 2.6 percent of glucose and no dextrin.
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Intense heat changes the content of the starch granules on the surface of the slice of bread to dextrin.
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With intense dry heat, as in toasting, the granule expands and opens, and the contents change to dextrin.
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This cellulose is closely allied in composition to starch, dextrin, and a form of sugar called glucose.
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