Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Carbohydrates > Polysaccharides > Glucans > Starch > Dextrins
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Biopolymers > Glucans > Starch > Dextrins
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Biopolymers > Glucans > Starch > Dextrins
... > Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Biopolymers > Glucans > Starch > Dextrins
Food and Beverages > Food > Dietary Carbohydrates > Starch > Dextrins
... > Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Food > Dietary Carbohydrates > Starch > Dextrins
Carbohydrates > Dietary Carbohydrates > Starch > Dextrins

Preferred term

Dextrins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Scope note

  • A group of low-molecular-weight carbohydrates produced by the hydrolysis of STARCH or GLYCOGEN. They are mixtures of polymers of D-glucose units linked by alpha-(1->4) or alpha-(1->6) glycosidic bonds.

History note

  • 1991(1975); use STARCH 1979-1990; use POLYSACCHARIDES 1963-1978

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003912

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 4/9/18