dextrin gum

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• Dextrin — Dex trin, n. [Cf. F. dextrine, G. dextrin. See {Dexter}.] (Chem.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Dextrin — Identifiers CAS number 9004 53 9 …   Wikipedia

• gum — 1. The dried exuded sap from a number of trees and shrubs, forming an amorphous brittle mass; it usually forms a mucilaginous solution in water and is often used as a suspending agent in liquid preparations of insoluble drugs. [L. gummi] 2.… …   Medical dictionary

• dextrin — A mixture of oligo(α 1,4 d glucose) molecules formed during the enzymic or acid hydrolysis of starch, amylopectin, or glycogen; on further hydrolysis they are converted into d glucose. Dextrins are of much lower molecular weight than dextrans,… …   Medical dictionary

• dextrin —   n. gummy carbohydrate, manufactured from, and resulting from digestion of, starch; starch gum.    ♦ dextrinate, v.t. make into or mix with dextrin.    ♦ dextrinous,   a …   Dictionary of difficult words

• dextrin — /dek strin/, n. Biochem., Chem. 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… …   Universalium

• dextrin — /ˈdɛkstrən/ (say dekstruhn) noun a soluble gummy substance formed from starch by the action of heat, acids, or enzymes, occurring in various forms and having dextrorotatory properties; used chiefly as a thickening agent in printing inks and food …  

• dextrin — dex•trin [[t]ˈdɛk strɪn[/t]] also dex•trine [[t] strɪn, strin[/t]] n. biochem. a soluble gummy substance, formed from starch by the action of heat, acids, or ferments, having dextrorotatory properties: used chiefly as a thickening agent, as a… …   From formal English to slang

• Alsace gum — Dextrin Dex trin, n. [Cf. F. dextrine, G. dextrin. See {Dexter}.] (Chem.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• British gum — Dextrin Dex trin, n. [Cf. F. dextrine, G. dextrin. See {Dexter}.] (Chem.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• British gum — dextrin, particularly that prepared by dry heating of starch in the absence of acid …   Medical dictionary