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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" title="دکسترین – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دکسترین" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8" title="ডেক্সট্রিন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ডেক্সট্রিন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD" title="Дэкстрын – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дэкстрын" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" 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data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destrina" title="Destrina – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Destrina" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" title="دکسترین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دکسترین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextrine" title="Dextrine – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dextrine" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deistrin" title="Deistrin – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Deistrin" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextrina" title="Dextrina – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Dextrina" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B1%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%A6%B0" title="덱스트린 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="덱스트린" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekstrin" title="Dekstrin – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Dekstrin" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextrino" title="Dextrino – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Dextrino" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekstrin" title="Dekstrin – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Dekstrin" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destrina" title="Destrina – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Destrina" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Декстриндер – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Декстриндер" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Декстриндер – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Декстриндер" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekstrinlar" title="Dekstrinlar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Dekstrinlar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekstryny" title="Dekstryny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Dekstryny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextrina" title="Dextrina – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Dextrina" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" 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.1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/CAS_Registry_Number" title="CAS Registry Number">CAS Number</a></div> </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="commonchemistry.cas.org"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=9004-53-9">9004-53-9</a></span><sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ChemSpider" title="ChemSpider">ChemSpider</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>none</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ECHA_InfoCard" class="mw-redirect" title="ECHA InfoCard"><span title="echa.europa.eu">ECHA InfoCard</span></a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://echa.europa.eu/substance-information/-/substanceinfo/100.029.693">100.029.693</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191978#P2566" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/PubChem" title="PubChem">PubChem</a> <abbr title="Compound ID">CID</abbr></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/62698">62698</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Unique_Ingredient_Identifier" title="Unique Ingredient Identifier">UNII</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="precision.fda.gov"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/srs/unii/2NX48Z0A9G">2NX48Z0A9G</a></span><sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/CompTox_Chemicals_Dashboard" title="CompTox Chemicals Dashboard">CompTox Dashboard</a> <span style="font-weight:normal">(<abbr title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency">EPA</abbr>)</span></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="comptox.epa.gov"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID20891750">DTXSID20891750</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191978#P3117" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background: #f8eaba; text-align: center;">Properties </th></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Chemical_formula" title="Chemical formula">Chemical formula</a></div> </td> <td>(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>10</sub>O<sub>5</sub>)<sub><i>n</i></sub>  </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Molar_mass" title="Molar mass">Molar mass</a> </td> <td>variable    </td></tr> <tr> <td>Appearance </td> <td>white or yellow powder </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; background:#f8eaba; border:1px solid #a2a9b1;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their <a href="/wiki/Standard_state" title="Standard state">standard state</a> (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).</div> <div style="margin-top: 0.3em;"><div style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/12px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/18px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/24px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> <span class="reflink plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ComparePages&rev1=477166401&page2=Dextrin">verify</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chemicals/Chembox_validation" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemicals/Chembox validation">what is</a> <sup><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/7px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/11px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/14px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span></sup> ?) </div></div> <div style="margin-top: 0.3em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Chemical_infobox#References" title="Wikipedia:Chemical infobox">Infobox references</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Chemical compound</div> <p><b>Dextrins</b> are a group of low-molecular-weight <a href="/wiki/Carbohydrate" title="Carbohydrate">carbohydrates</a> produced by the <a href="/wiki/Hydrolysis" title="Hydrolysis">hydrolysis</a> of <a href="/wiki/Starch" title="Starch">starch</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Glycogen" title="Glycogen">glycogen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dextrins are mixtures of <a href="/wiki/Polymer" title="Polymer">polymers</a> of D-<a href="/wiki/Glucose" title="Glucose">glucose</a> units linked by α-(1→4) or α-(1→6) <a href="/wiki/Glycosidic_bonds" class="mw-redirect" title="Glycosidic bonds">glycosidic bonds</a>. </p><p>Dextrins can be produced from starch using <a href="/wiki/Enzyme" title="Enzyme">enzymes</a> like <a href="/wiki/Amylase" title="Amylase">amylases</a>, as during digestion in the human body and during <a href="/wiki/Malt#Malting" title="Malt">malting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mashing" title="Mashing">mashing</a> in beer brewing<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or by applying dry heat under acidic conditions (<a href="/wiki/Pyrolysis" title="Pyrolysis">pyrolysis</a> or <a href="/wiki/Roasting" title="Roasting">roasting</a>). This procedure was first discovered in 1811 by <a href="/wiki/Edme-Jean_Baptiste_Bouillon-Lagrange" title="Edme-Jean Baptiste Bouillon-Lagrange">Edme-Jean Baptiste Bouillon-Lagrange</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter process is used industrially, and also occurs on the surface of <a href="/wiki/Bread" title="Bread">bread</a> during the baking process, contributing to flavor, color and crispness. Dextrins produced by heat are also known as <b>pyrodextrins</b>. Starch hydrolyses during roasting under acidic conditions, and short-chained starch parts partially rebranch with α-(1,6) bonds to the degraded starch molecule.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> See also <a href="/wiki/Maillard_reaction" title="Maillard reaction">Maillard reaction</a>. </p><p>Dextrins are white, yellow, or brown powders that are partially or fully water-soluble, yielding <a href="/wiki/Optical_rotation" title="Optical rotation">optically active</a> solutions of low <a href="/wiki/Viscosity" title="Viscosity">viscosity</a>. Most of them can be detected with <a href="/wiki/Iodine_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Iodine test">iodine solution</a>, giving a red coloration; one distinguishes erythrodextrin (dextrin that colours red) and achrodextrin (giving no colour). </p><p>White and yellow dextrins from starch roasted with little or no acid are called <b>British gum</b>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dextrin_skeletal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Dextrin_skeletal.svg/220px-Dextrin_skeletal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Dextrin_skeletal.svg/330px-Dextrin_skeletal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Dextrin_skeletal.svg/440px-Dextrin_skeletal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>A dextrin with α-(1→4) and α-(1→6) <a href="/wiki/Glycosidic_bond" title="Glycosidic bond">glycosidic bonds</a></figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dextrin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yellow dextrins are used as water-soluble <a href="/wiki/Glue" class="mw-redirect" title="Glue">glues</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in remoistenable envelope adhesives and paper tubes, in the mining industry as additives in <a href="/wiki/Froth_flotation" title="Froth flotation">froth flotation</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Foundry" title="Foundry">foundry</a> industry as <a href="/wiki/Green_strength" title="Green strength">green strength</a> additives in <a href="/wiki/Sand_casting" title="Sand casting">sand casting</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Textile_printing" title="Textile printing">printing thickener</a> for <a href="/wiki/Batik" title="Batik">batik</a> <a href="/wiki/Resist_dyeing" title="Resist dyeing">resist dyeing</a>, and as binders in <a href="/wiki/Gouache" title="Gouache">gouache</a> paint and also in the leather industry. </p><p>White dextrins are used as: </p> <ul><li>A crispness enhancer for <a href="/wiki/Food_processing" title="Food processing">food processing</a>, in food batters, coatings, and <a href="/wiki/Glaze_(cooking_technique)" class="mw-redirect" title="Glaze (cooking technique)">glazes</a>, (<a href="/wiki/International_Numbering_System_for_Food_Additives" title="International Numbering System for Food Additives">INS number</a> 1400)</li> <li>a <a href="/wiki/Textile_finishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Textile finishing">textile finishing</a> and coating agent to increase weight and stiffness of textile fabrics<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>a thickening and binding agent in <a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceutical">pharmaceuticals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coated_paper" title="Coated paper">paper coatings</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>a <a href="/wiki/Pyrotechnic_composition" title="Pyrotechnic composition">pyrotechnic binder and fuel</a>; this is added to <a href="/wiki/Firework" class="mw-redirect" title="Firework">firework</a> effect or color compositions; allowing them to solidify as pellets (stars or comets); and to <a href="/wiki/Sparkler" title="Sparkler">sparkler</a> compositions which the handle is dipped in<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>a stabilizing agent for certain explosive metal <a href="/wiki/Azide" title="Azide"> azides</a>, particularly <a href="/wiki/Lead(II)_azide" title="Lead(II) azide">Lead(II) azide</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <p>Owing to their rebranching, dextrins are less digestible than other carbohydrates. Indigestible dextrins have been developed as soluble stand-alone <a href="/wiki/Fiber_supplement" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiber supplement">fiber supplements</a> and for adding to processed food products.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_types">Other types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dextrin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Other types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Maltodextrin</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Maltodextrin" title="Maltodextrin">Maltodextrin</a></div> <p>Maltodextrin is a short-chain <a href="/wiki/Starch" title="Starch">starch</a> sugar used as a <a href="/wiki/Food_additive" title="Food additive">food additive</a>. It is also produced by enzymatic hydrolysis from gelled starch, and is usually found as a creamy-<a href="/wiki/White" title="White">white</a> <a href="/wiki/Hygroscopic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hygroscopic">hygroscopic</a> spray-dried powder. Maltodextrin is easily digestible, being absorbed as rapidly as <a href="/wiki/Glucose" title="Glucose">glucose</a>, and might either be moderately <a href="/wiki/Sweet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweet">sweet</a> or have hardly any flavor at all. </p> <ul><li>Cyclodextrin</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cyclodextrin" title="Cyclodextrin">Cyclodextrin</a></div> <p>The cyclical dextrins are known as cyclodextrins. They are formed by <a href="/wiki/Enzymatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Enzymatic">enzymatic</a> degradation of starch by certain <a href="/wiki/Bacteria" title="Bacteria">bacteria</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, for example, <i><a href="/wiki/Paenibacillus_macerans" title="Paenibacillus macerans">Paenibacillus macerans</a></i> (<i>Bacillus macerans</i>). Cyclodextrins have toroidal structures formed by 6–8 <a href="/wiki/Glucose" title="Glucose">glucose</a> residues. </p> <ul><li>Amylodextrin is a linear dextrin or short chained <a href="/wiki/Amylose" title="Amylose">amylose</a> (<a href="/wiki/Degree_of_polymerization" title="Degree of polymerization">DP</a> 20-30) that can be produced by enzymatic hydrolysis of the alpha-1,6 glycosidic bonds or debranching amylopectin. Amylodextrin colors blue with iodine.</li> <li>(Beta) Limit dextrin is the remaining polymer produced by enzymatic hydrolysis of <a href="/wiki/Amylopectin" title="Amylopectin">amylopectin</a> with beta <a href="/wiki/Amylase" title="Amylase">amylase</a>, which cannot hydrolyse the alpha-1,6 bonds at branch points.</li> <li>(Alpha) Limit dextrin is a short chained branched amylopectin remnant, produced by hydrolysis of amylopectin with alpha amylase.</li> <li>Highly branched cyclic dextrin is a dextrin produced from enzymatic breaking of the amylopectin in clusters and using branching enzyme to form large cyclic chains.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dextrin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brewing" title="Brewing">Brewing</a> – Process in beer production</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cellodextrin" title="Cellodextrin">Cellodextrin</a> – Glucose polymers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dextrose_equivalent" title="Dextrose equivalent">Dextrose equivalent</a> – relative sweetness of sugars<span style="display:none" class="category-wikidata-fallback-annotation">Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icodextrin" title="Icodextrin">Icodextrin</a> – Pharmaceutical drug</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modified_starch" title="Modified starch">Modified starch</a> – Thickening agent</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starch_gelatinization" title="Starch gelatinization">Starch gelatinization</a> – Process of breaking down the intermolecular bonds of starch by water</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dextrin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">An Introduction to the chemistry of plants - Vol II: Metabolic processes, P. 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Mikio, Journal: Seibutsu Kogakkaishi, Vol:84; No:2; Page: 61-66 (2006), Industrial Production of Branching Enzyme and Its Application to Production of Highly Branched Cyclic Dextrin (Cluster Dextrin)<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200607/000020060706A0166024.php">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120229033437/http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200607/000020060706A0166024.php">Archived</a> 2012-02-29 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dextrin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/40px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/60px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/80px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Look up <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/dextrin" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Special:Search/dextrin">dextrin</a></b></i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Dextrin"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica,_Ninth_Edition/Dextrin">"Dextrin" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. 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