Difference between Dextrose and Dextrin

What is the difference between Dextrose and Dextrin?

Dextrose as a noun is the naturally-occuring dextrorotatory form of glucose while Dextrin as a noun is any of a range of polymers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives

Dextrose

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the naturally-occuring dextrorotatory form of glucose

Dextrin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of a range of polymers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives

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