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Dextrin vs Cyclodextrin - What's the difference?

dextrin | cyclodextrin |

In carbohydrate terms the difference between dextrin and cyclodextrin

is that dextrin is any of a range of polymers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives while cyclodextrin is any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked as in amylose; cycloamylose.

dextrin

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia dextrin)
  • (carbohydrate) Any of a range of polymers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives

    • Synonyms

    * when used as a food additive

    cyclodextrin

    English

    (wikipedia cyclodextrin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) Any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked as in amylose; cycloamylose.

    • Usage notes

    * They are named using a lowercase Greek letter as prefix, ?- meaning six sugar residues, ?- meaning seven and so on. * The IUPAC names are of the form cyclomaltohexaose, cyclomaltoheptaose etc.