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inulin

inulin

1 8.9
A plant carbohydrate added to food as fiber and used in kidney tests
  • noun
  • /ˈɪn.jə.lɪn/
  • Specialized
: inulina
  • You can buy inulin made out of Yakon root and any store as a sweetener.
  • inulin is isolated

You know that psyllium, inulin, pectin, like what holds Jelly together?

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Examples

  • And it’s all because of inulin.

    Blog text (7)

  • And prebiotics such as inulin have been used extensively—particularly in Europe and Japan where they're now included in many food products from sports drinks to baby formula.

    Academic text (2004)

  • I'll keep my eyes out for inulin/chicory root.

    Blog text (7)

  • Radicchio, the kind of Italian red lettuce, is pure inulin and your gut bugs will love love it for you.

    Tom Bilyeu

  • You know that psyllium, inulin, pectin, like what holds Jelly together?

    Andrew Huberman

  • The tasty tuber is a starch source that health-food advocates value for its inulin content.

    Academic text (1991)

  • And so if there's inulin in the blood, then it gets filtered through the glomerulus and ends up in the ultra filtrate.

  • I really don't like how I'm finding inulin and sucralose in so many things, and these ingredients aren't even bolded on the label.

    Blog text (7)

  • After the surgery, isotonic saline solution containing albumin (1%) and polyfructosan inulin was infused at a constant infusion rate.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Inulin is a carbohydrate inulin that helps assess kidney function during medical tests.

Surface Forms

inulin singular
inulins plural

Morphology

inulin = inula (opaque) = inul + in

Although etymologically formed from the plant name Inula + the substance suffix -in, both the botanical name and the chemical suffix are obscure to typical learners, so the connection is not derivable.

Etymology

The word inulin comes from the plant name Inula, because it was first found in that plant, and the ending -in means 'a substance'. So inulin is the plant substance, a kind of carbohydrate found in roots and used as a food fiber and in tests of kidney function.