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Dextrin vs Lactose - What's the difference?

dextrin | lactose |

As nouns the difference between dextrin and lactose

is that dextrin is dextrin while lactose is .

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

    lactose

    English

    (wikipedia lactose)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, (a product of glucose and galactose) used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

    • Synonyms

    * lactobiose

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