amylopectin Chem.
(ˌæmɪləʊˈpɛktɪn)
[ad. F. amylopectine (Maquenne and Roux 1905, in Comptes Rendus CXL. 1305), f. amylo- + pectin.]
A mucilaginous constituent of starch.
| 1905 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXVIII. i. 511 The second constituent [of starch] is amylopectin. 1957 Sci. News XLV. 83 A branched-chain molecule such as the amylopectin component of starch. |