Chemicals and Drugs

High Fructose Corn Syrup

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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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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Synonyms

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

  1. National Library of Medicine. High Fructose Corn Syrup. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D066248. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D066248
  2. High Fructose Corn Syrup. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup
  3. High Fructose Corn Syrup. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11422173