Schardinger dextrin

Schar·ding·er dextrin

noun \ˈshär-diŋ-ər-\

Definition of SCHARDINGER DEXTRIN

: any of several nonreducing water-soluble low-molecular-weight polysaccharides formed by cultivation of a bacterium of the genus Bacillus (B. macerans) upon starch solutions

Biographical Note for SCHARDINGER DEXTRIN

Schardinger, Franz (flourished 1902), Austrian biochemist. Schardinger discovered xanthine oxidase in 1902.