Showing metabocard for alpha-maltose (MMDBc0054340)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Status
Detected and Quantified
Creation Date
2022-06-05 23:07:51 UTC
Update Date
2022-09-01 02:28:34 UTC
MiMeDB ID
MMDBc0054340
Metabolite Identification
Common Name
alpha-maltose
Description
Nonsweet nutritive food additive used as a reduced calorie fat replacement. Also used as a stabiliser, thickener and encapsulating agent in food products.Maltodextrin is a polysaccharide that is used as a food additive. It is hydrolysate produced from starch and is usually found as a creamy-white hygroscopic spraydried powder. Maltodextrin is easily digestible, being absorbed as rapidly as glucose, and might be either moderately sweet or almost flavorless.
Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as o-glycosyl compounds. These are glycoside in which a sugar group is bonded through one carbon to another group via a O-glycosidic bond.
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