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Sorbitol vs Trehalose - What's the difference?

sorbitol | trehalose |

As nouns the difference between sorbitol and trehalose

is that sorbitol is (organic chemistry) a sugar alcohol (2r,3s,4s,5s)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol used as an artificial sweetener while trehalose is trehalose.

sorbitol

English

Noun

(wikipedia sorbitol)
  • (organic chemistry) A sugar alcohol (2R,3S,4S,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol used as an artificial sweetener

    • Synonyms

    * when used as a sweetener

    trehalose

    English

    Noun

  • (biochemistry) A disaccharide formed from two glucose units

    • Quotations

    2004': The researchers fed a natural sugar called '''trehalose to mice genetically engineered to have a severe version of Huntington's disease. — ''New Scientist 24 Jan 2004, p.14

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