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Pullulan vs Dextran - What's the difference?

pullulan | dextran |


As nouns the difference between pullulan and dextran

is that pullulan is (carbohydrate) a glucan produced by some fungi and used in manufacturing edible films while dextran is (chemistry) a biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria; used as a substitute for blood plasma, and as a stationary phase in chromatography.