¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fructans
1. a polymer of fructose [n FRUCTANS]
Medical Definition of Fructans
1. Polysaccharides composed of d-fructose units. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fructans
Literary usage of Fructans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"In the mammalian colon, breast milk containing special oligo- saccharides—inulin-type
fructans—bypass the small intestine and enrich for bifidobacteria and ..."
2. Ellis's British Tariff for by Robert Ellis (1837)
"There are a great variety of Bull Rushes, but those commonly known in commerce
are the Scirpus fructans, or the floating Club Rush, and the Scirpus La- ..."
3. Biotechnology for Water Use and Conservation: The Mexico '96 Workshop by OECD Staff, Zapata, Francisco Bolívar (1997)
"Some of these proteins correspond to enzymes involved in the synthesis of
osmolytes (mannitol, fructans, proline and glycine betaine) or enzymes whose ..."
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