fructan

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fructan

noun fructans

Any homopolysaccharide composed of fructose residues 2000, Nordic Council of Ministers, Safety evaluation of fructans, TemaNord, page 17, Fructans are also produced by algae, fungi and bacteria (Nelson & Smith, 1986) There is a substantial variation in both linkage types and number of carbohydrate monomers making up the fructans. The functionality, if

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noun polysaccharide composed of fructose residues

Español	fructosano, fructano
Português	frutano
Français	fructane
Italiano	fruttano

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@misc{fructan_2026,
  title = {fructan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fructan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}