Editing Inulin (section)

{{Short description|Natural plant polysaccharides}}
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'''Inulins''' are a group of naturally occurring [[polysaccharide]]s produced by many types of [[plant]]s,<ref name="Roberfroid 2003 13–26" /> industrially most often extracted from [[chicory]].<ref>{{cite journal | author=Roberfroid M. B. | title=Inulin-type fructans: functional food ingredients | journal=[[Journal of Nutrition]] | volume=137 |issue=11 suppl | year=2007 | pages=2493S–2502S | url=http://jn.nutrition.org/content/137/11/2493S.long | pmid=17951492| doi=10.1093/jn/137.11.2493S | doi-access=free }}</ref> The inulins belong to a class of [[dietary fiber]]s known as [[fructan]]s. Inulin is used by some plants as a means of storing energy and is typically found in [[root]]s or [[rhizome]]s. Most plants that synthesize and store inulin do not store other forms of [[carbohydrate]] such as [[starch]]. In 2018, the United States [[Food and Drug Administration]] approved inulin as a dietary fiber ingredient used to improve the [[nutrition]]al value of manufactured food products.<ref name="fda">{{cite web |title=The Declaration of Certain Isolated or Synthetic Non-Digestible Carbohydrates as Dietary Fiber on Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels: Guidance for Industry |url=https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/UCM610144.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725221651/https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/UCM610144.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |publisher=US Food and Drug Administration |access-date=15 June 2018 |date=14 June 2018}}</ref> Using inulin to measure [[kidney function]] is the [[Gold standard (test)|"gold standard"]] for comparison with other means of estimating [[Renal function#Glomerular_filtration_rate|glomerular filtration rate]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hsu |first1=C. Y. |last2=Bansal |first2=N. |title=Measured GFR as 'gold standard'—all that glitters is not gold? |journal=Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology |date=August 2011 |volume=6 |issue=8 |pages=1813–1814 |pmid=21784836 |doi=10.2215/cjn.06040611 |doi-access=free}}</ref>