Crossword-Solution: PECTINS
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| PECTINS | anagram | INCEPTS, INSPECT |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETREA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PECTINS (5)
Indirectly also the researches of Tollens on the 'pectins' have contributed to the subject in correcting some of the views which have had a text-book currency for a long period.
The results establish that the pectins are rather the soluble hydrated form of cellulosic aggregates in which acid groups may be represented; but such groups are not to be regarded as essentially characteristic of this class of compounds.
The pectins may be regarded as closely related to the mucilages (_Pflanzenschleim_), differing from them only by the presence of the oxidised groups in question.
These are: (_a_) the framework materials, including gums, pectins, and celluloses; (_b_) synergic foods, including carbohydrates, fats, and proteins; and (_c_) the secretions, including the glucosides, volatile oils, alkaloids, pigments, and enzymes.
CHAPTER V GUMS, PECTINS, AND CELLULOSES These substances constitute a group of compounds which are very similar to the polysaccharide carbohydrates in composition and constitution, but which serve entirely different purposes in the plant.
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Appears in: Crossroads, NYT, WSJ.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1956–2005).