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Carbohydrates > Sugar Alcohols > Xylitol
Organic Chemicals > Alcohols > Sugar Alcohols > Xylitol

Preferred term

Xylitol  

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Scope note

  • A five-carbon sugar alcohol derived from XYLOSE by reduction of the carbonyl group. It is as sweet as sucrose and used as a noncariogenic sweetener.

History note

  • 72(63)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014993

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