Back ديكستران Arabic دکستران AZB Dextran Catalan Dextran Czech Dextrane German Dextrano Spanish Dextrano Basque دکستران Persian Dextrane French Dextrano Galician
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.029.694 |
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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| H(C6H10O5)xOH | |
| Molar mass | Variable |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Dextran is a complex branched glucan (polysaccharide derived from the condensation of glucose), originally derived from wine. IUPAC defines dextrans as "Branched poly-α-d-glucosides of microbial origin having glycosidic bonds predominantly C-1 → C-6".[1] Dextran chains are of varying lengths (from 3 to 2000 kilodaltons).
The polymer main chain consists of α-1,6 glycosidic linkages between glucose monomers, with branches from α-1,3 linkages. This characteristic branching distinguishes a dextran from a dextrin, which is a straight chain glucose polymer tethered by α-1,4 or α-1,6 linkages.[2]
- ^ "dextrans". The IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology. 2014. doi:10.1351/goldbook.D01655.
- ^ Thomas Heinze; Tim Liebert; Brigitte Heublein; Stephanie Hornig (2006). "Functional Polymers Based on Dextran". Adv. Polym. Sci. Advances in Polymer Science. 205: 199–291. doi:10.1007/12_100. ISBN 978-3-540-37102-1.