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Inulin from chicory

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CAS Number:
9005-80-5
EC Number:
232-684-3
MDL number:
MFCD00131407
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
PubChem Substance ID:
24895969
NACRES:
NA.25

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biological source

plant (chicory)

Quality Level

200

form

powder

impurities

≤0.05% free glucose (enzymatic assay)
<15% water (Karl Fischer)

color

white

mp

158 - 165 °C ((316 - 329 °F ))

solubility

water: 100 mg/mL, clear to hazy, colorless

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

OC[C@H]1O[C@](O)(CO)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O.OC[C@H]2OC(O[C@]3(CO)O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]3O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]2O

InChI

1S/C12H22O11.C6H12O6/c13-1-4-6(16)8(18)9(19)11(21-4)23-12(3-15)10(20)7(17)5(2-14)22-12;7-1-3-4(9)5(10)6(11,2-8)12-3/h4-11,13-20H,1-3H2;3-5,7-11H,1-2H2/t4-,5-,6-,7-,8+,9-,10+,11?,12+;3-,4-,5+,6-/m11/s1

InChI key

TUULCWHRUVPVEB-UGWHTDGHSA-N

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Application

Potential replacement for high fructose corn syrup due to its prebiotic function and similar structural characteristics to corn syrup.

Biochem/physiol Actions

A heterogeneous blend of fructose polymers that function as plant storage carbohydrates.

Other Notes

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Marcel B Roberfroid
The Journal of nutrition, 137(11 Suppl), 2493S-2502S (2007-10-24)
A food (ingredient) is regarded as functional if it is satisfactorily demonstrated to affect beneficially 1 or more target functions in the body beyond adequate nutritional effects. The term inulin-type fructans covers all beta(2<--1) linear fructans including native inulin (DP
The Glycolytic Versatility of
Alfonso Benítez-Páez et al.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 7, 383-383 (2017-10-04)
Pamela I Aldrete-Herrera et al.
Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 8(9) (2019-09-25)
In this study, we characterize fructan extracts from five wild agave varieties at three ages to identify their potential use in the food industry. Physicochemical parameters (solids soluble total and pH), sugar content and fructan distribution profiles by high-performance anion-exchange
Nikolai Petrovsky et al.
Journal of virology, 87(18), 10324-10333 (2013-07-19)
West Nile virus (WNV), currently the cause of a serious U.S. epidemic, is a mosquito-borne flavivirus and member of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) serocomplex. There is currently no approved human WNV vaccine, and treatment options remain limited, resulting in significant
J Jansen et al.
Experimental cell research, 323(1), 87-99 (2014-02-25)
Promising renal replacement therapies include the development of a bioartificial kidney using functional human kidney cell models. In this study, human conditionally immortalized proximal tubular epithelial cell (ciPTEC) lines originating from kidney tissue (ciPTEC-T1 and ciPTEC-T2) were compared to ciPTEC
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