Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Inulin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inulin \In"u*lin\, n. [From NL. Inula Helenium, the elecampane:
cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.)
A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in
the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other
plants, as {Inula}, {Helianthus}, {Campanula}, etc., and is
extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline
substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It
is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called
also {dahlin}, {helenin}, {alantin}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dahlin \Dah"lin\ (d[aum]"l[i^]n), n. [From {Dahlia}.] (Chem.)
A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also
{inulin}. See {Inulin}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inulin
n : used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney
function
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