pectin sugar

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• Pectin — (from Greek πηκτικός pektikos , congealed, curdled [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2382916 Pektikos, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek English Lexicon , at Perseus] ] ), a white …   Wikipedia

• pectin — pectinaceous /pek teuh nay sheuhs/, pectinous, adj. /pek tin/, n. Biochem. a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, esp. in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals,… …   Universalium

• Sugar beet — Taxobox name = Sugar beet image width = 270px image caption = Two sugar beets the one on the left has been selectively bred to be smoother than the traditional beet, so that it traps less soil. regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis =… …   Wikipedia

• sugar — One of the sugars, q.v., pharmaceutical forms are compressible s. and confectioner s s.. SEE ALSO: sugars. [G. sakcharon; L. saccharum] amino sugars sugars in which a hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino group; e.g., d glucosamine.… …   Medical dictionary

• pectin — 1. Broad generic term for what are now called pectic substances or materials; specifically, a gelatinous substance, consisting largely of long chains of mostly d galacturonic acid units (typically α 1,4 linkages and sometimes present as methyl… …   Medical dictionary

• pectin — noun (U) technical a chemical substance like sugar that is found in some fruits and is important in making jam 1 (1) and jelly 1 (1,2) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Gelling sugar — or jam sugar is a kind of sugar, which is used to produce preserves and which contains pectin as a gelling agent. It also usually contains citric acid as a preservative, sometimes along with other substances, such as sorbic acid or sodium… …   Wikipedia

• Preserving sugar — is a kind of sugar used for making marmalades, jams and preserves using fruits that are naturally high in pectin (such as plums, redcurrants, blackcurrants, gooseberries, greengages, damsons and Seville oranges). The large sugar crystals dissolve …   Wikipedia

• pectinose — /pek teuh nohs /, n. Chem. arabinose. Also called pectin sugar. [PECTIN + OSE2] * * * …   Universalium

• pectinose — /pek teuh nohs /, n. Chem. arabinose. Also called pectin sugar. [PECTIN + OSE2] …   Useful english dictionary

• arabinose — arabinosic /euh rab euh nos ik, ar euh beuh /, adj. /euh rab euh nohs , ar euh beuh /, n. Chem. a white, crystalline, water soluble solid, C5H10O5, obtained from plant gums or made synthetically from glucose, used chiefly as a culture medium in… …   Universalium