PECTIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pectin mean? 

• PECTIN (noun)
  The noun PECTIN has 1 sense:

1. any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams

  Familiarity information: PECTIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PECTIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pectin" is a kind of...):

cellulose (a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers)

Holonyms ("pectin" is a substance of...):

Kaopectate (trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient)

Derivation:

pectic (of or relating to or derived from pectin)

 Context examples 

The bioactive fragments, most likely the galactan-containing portion, of pectin binds to galectin-3, a carbohydrate-binding protein involved in imflammation, heart disease and is upregulated on the surface of certain types of tumor cells.

(Modified Citrus Pectin Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

A galectin-binding polysaccharide derived from citrus pectin with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Apoptosis Inducer GCS-100, NCI Thesaurus)

A modified citrus pectin exhibiting antimetastatic activity.

(GBC-590, NCI Thesaurus)

It is typically a mixture of cellulose, hemicellulose, pectins and gums (DRI).

(Non-Starch Polysaccharide, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

MCP is a low molecular weight version of pectin composed of short, slightly-branched carbohydrate chains and is modified for enhanced absorbability.

(Modified Citrus Pectin Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

A dietary supplement containing the modified citrus pectin (MCP) derived from the soluble fiber of citrus fruit peels and a galectin-3 inhibitor with potential antioxidant, hypocholesterolemic, immunostimulatory, metal chelating, and anti-metastatic activities.

(Modified Citrus Pectin Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)