fructan

Noun

 * 1)  Any homopolysaccharide composed of fructose residues
 * 2) * 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 any, of the different fructan structures is as yet not clear.
 * 1) * 2010, Peter J. O'Brien, Cynthia Y. Feng, Owen Lee, Q. Dong, Rhea Mehta, Jeff Bruce, W. Robert Bruce, 7: Fructose-Derived Endogenous Toxins, Peter J. O'Brien, William Robert Bruce (editors), Endogenous Toxins: Targets for Disease Treatment and Prevention, Volume 1, Wiley (Wiley-VCH), page 176,
 * Fructose can also exist in the diet as fructans and dietary sugar alcohols. Fructans (fructo-oligosaccharides) are polymers of fructose molecules that are not absorbed by the intestine but are metabolized by anaerobic colonic bacteria.
 * Fructose can also exist in the diet as fructans and dietary sugar alcohols. Fructans (fructo-oligosaccharides) are polymers of fructose molecules that are not absorbed by the intestine but are metabolized by anaerobic colonic bacteria.

Related terms

 * oligofructan
 * polyfructan

Translations

 * Catalan: fructà
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: frutano
 * Spanish: fructosano, fructano
 * Welsh: ffrwctan