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Galactan vs Galactin - What's the difference?

galactan | galactin |

As nouns the difference between galactan and galactin

is that galactan is (carbohydrate) a polysaccharide consisting of many galactose residues while galactin is (chemistry) an amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids it resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent.

galactan

English

Noun

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  • (carbohydrate) A polysaccharide consisting of many galactose residues.

    • galactin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent.
  • A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron ).
  • An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.
    • (Webster 1913)