Synonym(s)
Grass Root Sugar
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High molecular weight polysaccharide(fructan also polyfructosan) composed of glycosidically linked branched D-fructose units. Triticin is mainly found in the rhizome of Agropyron (Triticum) repens L., the common couch grass, a widespread sweet grass, see also Graminis rhizoma. Triticin is the phytochemical characteristic of the genus Agrypryon.
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