Structured Summary
Abstract
Syrup made from corn used widely in foods and beverages as a cheaper alternative sweetener to SUCROSE (common table sugar). It is generated by enzymatic processing of natural corn syrup to produce a liquid most widely composed of 42 or 55% FRUCTOSE, GLUCOSE, and various POLYSACCHARIDES.
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Pharmacological Action
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12 entry terms
- Corn Sugar
- Glucose-Fructose Syrup
- High-Fructose Maize Syrup
- Isoglucose
- Maize Syrup
- Glucose Fructose Syrup
- High Fructose Maize Syrup
- Maize Syrup, High-Fructose
- Sugar, Corn
- Syrup, Glucose-Fructose
- Syrup, High-Fructose Maize
- Syrup, Maize
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24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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2015
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References
- National Library of Medicine. High Fructose Corn Syrup. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D066248. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D066248
- High Fructose Corn Syrup. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup
- High Fructose Corn Syrup. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11422173