See Also: alant starch(medicine)
alant(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
starch(2)(dictionary)
starch gum(medicine)
starch(encyclopedia)
Starch(medicine)
starch(1)(dictionary)
electrophoresis, starch gel(medicine)
liver starch(medicine)

alant starch (medicine)


alant starch -->
inulin
<protein> A polysaccharide of variable molecular weight (around 5 kD), that is a polymer of fructofuranose. Widely used as a marker of extracellular space, an indicator of blood volume in insects (by measuring the dilution of the radio label) and in food for diabetics.