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Erythritol vs Methylerythritol - What's the difference?

erythritol | methylerythritol |

As nouns the difference between erythritol and methylerythritol

is that erythritol is a tetrahydric sugar alcohol (2R,3S)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol that occurs in some fruit; it is used as a sugar substitute while methylerythritol is a methyl derivative of erythritol, especially 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol, whose phosphate is involved in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids.

erythritol

English

Noun

(wikipedia erythritol) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) A tetrahydric sugar alcohol (2R,3S)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol that occurs in some fruit; it is used as a sugar substitute

    • methylerythritol

    English

    Noun

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  • (biochemistry) A methyl derivative of erythritol, especially 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol , whose phosphate is involved in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids