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Glucomannan

Index Glucomannan

Glucomannan is a water-soluble polysaccharide that is considered a dietary fiber. [1]

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Agglutination (biology)

Agglutination is the clumping of particles.

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Amorphophallus

Amorphophallus (from Ancient Greek amorphos, "without form, misshapen" + phallos, "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix), commonly known as Zaminkand, is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the Arum family (Araceae), native to Asia, Africa, Australia and various oceanic islands.

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Anti-obesity medication

Anti-obesity medication or weight loss drugs are pharmacological agents that reduce or control weight.

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Dog food

Dog food is food specifically formulated and intended for consumption by dogs and other related canines.

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E number

E numbers are codes for substances that are permitted to be used as food additives for use within the European Union and EFTA.

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Energy content of biofuel

The Energy content of biofuel is a description of the potential energy contained in a given biofuel, measured per unit mass of that fuel, as specific energy, or per unit of volume of the fuel, as energy density.

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Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli (also known as E. coli) is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, coliform bacterium of the genus Escherichia that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherms).

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Fibre supplements

Fibre supplements (or fiber supplements) are considered to be a form of a subgroup of functional dietary fibre, and in the United States are defined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM).

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Glycoside hydrolase family 26

In molecular biology, glycoside hydrolase family 26 is a family of glycoside hydrolases.

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Hemicellulose

A hemicellulose (also known as polyose) is any of several heteropolymers (matrix polysaccharides), such as arabinoxylans, present along with cellulose in almost all plant cell walls.

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Iris halophila var. sogdiana

Iris halophila var.

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Konjac

Konjac (or konjak) is a common name of the Asian plant Amorphophallus konjac (syn. A. rivieri), which has an edible corm (bulbo-tuber).

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Lipozene

Lipozene is a brand name dietary supplement sold by Obesity Research Institute, LLC.

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List of plants used in herbalism

This is a list of plants used or formerly used as herbal medicine.

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Macronutrient preload

Macronutrient preload is a dieting technique in which a small amount of macronutrients are eaten at a fixed interval before a meal.

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Mannan

Mannan may refer to a plant polysaccharide that is a linear polymer of the sugar mannose.

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Mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase

Mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase (endo-1,4-beta-mannanase, endo-beta-1,4-mannase, beta-mannanase B, beta-1, 4-mannan 4-mannanohydrolase, endo-beta-mannanase, beta-D-mannanase, 1,4-beta-D-mannan mannanohydrolase) is an enzyme with systematic name 4-beta-D-mannan mannanohydrolase.

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Mannose

Mannose, packaged as the nutritional supplement "d-mannose", is a sugar monomer of the aldohexose series of carbohydrates.

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Medicinal fungi

Medicinal fungi are those fungi which produce medically significant metabolites or can be induced to produce such metabolites using biotechnology.

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MOS

Mos may refer to.

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Narcissus (plant)

Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring perennial plants of the Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis) family.

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Natural growth promoter

Natural growth promoters (NGPs) are feed additives for farm animals.

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Natural gum

Natural gums are polysaccharides of natural origin, capable of causing a large increase in a solution’s viscosity, even at small concentrations.

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Oligosaccharide

An oligosaccharide (from the Greek ὀλίγος olígos, "a few", and σάκχαρ sácchar, "sugar") is a saccharide polymer containing a small number (typically three to ten) of monosaccharides (simple sugars).

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Orchis militaris

Orchis militaris, the military orchid, is a species of orchid native to Europe.

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Prebiotic (nutrition)

Prebiotics are food ingredients that induce the growth or activity of beneficial microorganisms (e.g., bacteria and fungi).

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Puppy nutrition

The developmental life stage of dogs requires a specific intake of nutrients to ensure proper growth and development and to meet energy requirements.

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a species of yeast.

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Salep

Salep(salep, sahlep; ثعلب, sa'alab; سحلب, saḥlab; salep; səhləb; סַחְלֶבּּ, saḥlab; σαλέπι, salepi; Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and Bosnian: салеп, salep) is a flour made from the tubers of the orchid genus Orchis (including species Orchis mascula and Orchis militaris).

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Senior dog diet

Senior dog food diets are pet foods that are catered toward the senior or mature pet population.

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Shirataki noodles

are thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional Japanese noodles made from the konjac yam (devil's tongue yam or elephant yam).

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Thickening agent

A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucomannan

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