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Preferred term

Galactitol  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A naturally occurring product of plants obtained following reduction of GALACTOSE. It appears as a white crystalline powder with a slight sweet taste. It may form in excess in the lens of the eye in GALACTOSEMIAS, a deficiency of GALACTOKINASE.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 113ZQ1Y7DD
  • 608-66-2 (Galactitol)

In other languages

  • French

  • 113ZQ1Y7DD
  • 608-66-2 (Galactitol)
  • Dulcite
  • Dulcitol
  • Dulcose
  • Mélampyrine

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-G2674KB2-2

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