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What is a fructan?

What is a fructan? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) Any polysaccharide composed of fructose residues.
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Inulin type fructan was detected in all vegetative organs of Campanula rapunculoides L. plants.
Epidermal cells contained low concentrations of sucrose, glucose and fructose, and no fructan.
Genetic technologists in Holland have engineered the sugar beet to produce fructan, a low-calorie sugar alternative, instead of sucrose.
Nutrient digestibilities, microbial populations, and protein catabolites as affected by fructan supplementation of dog diets.
During the past decade, industrial fructan production has increased from 1 kiloton to 100 kilotons annually.
The scientists engineered the plants to express the SacB gene, which codes for fructan production in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.

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