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Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix B: Glossary
Pages 45-48
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Chondroitin sulfate consists of repeating units of glucuronic acid linked to N-acetyl-D-galactosamine. It is a major constituent of various connective tissues and can be found particularly in blood vessels, bone, and cartilage.
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Maillard reaction products are produced by one form of nonenzymatic browning in which the carbonyl groups of acyclic sugars interact with free amino groups of amino acids. This occurs when the carbohydrate solution becomes neutral or weakly alkaline, which favors the acyclic carbonyl forms of reducing sugars.
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Pectins, which are found in cell wall and intracellular tissues of many fruits and berries, consist of galacturonic acid units win rhamnose interspersed in a linear chain. Pectins frequently have side chains of neutral sugars, and the galactose units may be esterified with a methyl group, a feature that allows for the viscosity of an aqueous solution of pectin.
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Resistant starch consists of starch not physically accessible to digestive enzymes, cooked starch in granules not accessible to digestion unless the granules are gelatinized by heating, and retrograded amylose that has been rendered resistant to enzymatic hydrolysis by processing or by cooking and cooling. Saponin.
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