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Descriptor English: Xylitol
Descriptor Spanish: Xilitol
Descriptor xilitol
Scope note: Alcohol de azúcar de cinco carbonos derivado de la XILOSA mediante reducción del grupo carbonilo. Es tan dulce como la sacarosa y se emplea como edulcorante no cariogénico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Xilitol
Descriptor French: Xylitol
Tree number(s): D02.033.800.936
D09.853.936
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014993
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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Sweetening Agents
Registry Number: VCQ006KQ1E
CAS Type 1 Name: Xylitol
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(63)
DeCS ID: 15392
Unique ID: D014993
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Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Xylitol - Preferred
Concept UI M0023075
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.
Preferred term Xylitol



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