"High Fructose Corn Syrup" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D066248
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.301.831.500 D09.947.500.500 D27.720.372.300.353.609.750.500 G07.203.300.362.831.500 G07.203.300.514.500.400.700.750.500 J02.500.362.831.500 J02.500.514.500.400.700.750.500
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| Concept/Terms |
High Fructose Corn Syrup- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Isoglucose
- Maize Syrup
- Syrup, Maize
- Glucose-Fructose Syrup
- Glucose Fructose Syrup
- Syrup, Glucose-Fructose
- Corn Sugar
- Sugar, Corn
- High-Fructose Maize Syrup
- High Fructose Maize Syrup
- Maize Syrup, High-Fructose
- Syrup, High-Fructose Maize
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