Explore: Cyclodextrins

engineering. Cyclodextrins are composed of 5 or more α-D-glucopyranoside units linked 1 → 4, as in amylose (a fragment of starch). Typical cyclodextrins contain

the β- (beta) and γ- (gamma) cyclodextrins, which contain seven and eight glucose units, respectively. All cyclodextrins are white, water-soluble solids

β-Cyclodextrin sometimes abbreviated as β-CD, is a heptasaccharide derived from glucose. The α- (alpha), β- (beta), and γ- (gamma) cyclodextrins correspond

dextrin (cyclodextrin or CD): on the basis of the number of sugar residues this circular product is made of three main type of cyclodextrins can be distinguished

atoms, is the only one among its isomers to be miscible with water. Cyclodextrins are used to make pharmaceutical solutions by capturing hydrophobic molecules

γ-Cyclodextrin sometimes abbreviated as γ-CD, is an octasaccharide derived from glucose. The α- (alpha), β- (beta), and γ- (gamma) cyclodextrins correspond

moderately sweet or have hardly any flavor at all. Cyclodextrin The cyclical dextrins are known as cyclodextrins. They are formed by enzymatic degradation of

original definition proposed by Cram includes many classes of molecules: cyclodextrins, calixarenes, pillararenes and cucurbiturils. Calixarenes and related

distinction. Cyclodextrins (CDs) are cyclic oligosaccharides of six, seven, or eight glucose units designated as α, β, and γ cyclodextrins respectively

which contain cyclodextrin towards hydrolytic degradations. The stability differs between size and characterization of the cyclodextrins that are used