Study Set Content:
Galactose
Fructose
Xylose
Pentose
Mannose
Fructose
Methylthiolinosamide
Octose
L-Glycero-D-Mannoheptose
Heptose
Serves as the temporary storage of
photosynthesis products, permanent reserve
food material for the plants.
• ex plants that provide starch on the large scale;
corn, cereal, potato tubers, maranta, rhizomes,
cassava roots
Starch
Hydrous inulin
Inulin
Starch sources
Corn, wheat, potato tubers
Corn
Zea mays linne, fam gramineae
Wheat
Triticum aestivum linne, fam gamineae
Potato tubers
Solanum tuberosum linne, fam
solanaceae
Subterranean organs of members of
the family compositae and also abundant in Taraxacum, Inula, Lappa, Echinacea & Chicory
Inulin
Inulin source family
Asteracea
Storage of energy in plants; dietary fiber;
medically used to measure kidney function
Inulin
A water-soluble polysaccharide of glucose
produced by the action of transglucosylase
enzyme system present in Leuconostoc
mesenteroides
Dextran
Used in culture media as a fermentative
identifying agent for certain bacteria. Used in
special laboratory methods for the evaluation of
renal function
Inulin
A rigid, colorless, unbranched, insoluble, long
chain polysaccharide, consisting of 3,000 to
5,000 glucose residues and forming the
structure of most plants and of plant cells
Cellulose
Synthesized by certain lactic acid bacteria
(Leuconostoc mesenteroides) and also the
Streptococcus mutans.
Dextran
Cellulose source
Cotto
Cotton
Gossypium hirsutum Linne (Fam.
Malvacaceae)
