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| n | Occurs in plant middle lamella |
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| n | Gel former, e.g., fruit jelly |
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| n | From the Greek word meaning to congeal |
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| n | Pectin was discovered in 1790 by |
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| Vauquelin and later (1825) crudely |
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| characterized by Braconnot |
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